The Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, agrees with the idea of the need to cut off the temporarily occupied Crimea from Russian supplies via the Kerch Bridge. He adds that long-range ATACMS missiles will cope with this task.
Lieutenant General, Kyrylo Budanov, said this in an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer.
General Ben Hodges, former commander of the U.S. Army Europe, argues that this option would be the key to putting Russian dictator on the defensive. Budanov shares this opinion of General Hodges:
"I share the opinion of Gen. Hodges, absolutely. So we need to do everything to implement it."
He believes that the temporarily occupied Crimea, which the Russians have turned into a large military base that allows them to control most of the southern Ukrainian coast, can be cut off from Russian supplies with the help of ATACMS missiles.
According to reports, the Magura drones, developed by the GUR, have already had an impact on the situation in the waters, as Russia has been forced to move its other ships out of Crimea due to constant attacks:
"They are already trapped near Novorossiysk port. We just need to make sure that all the remains of the (Russian - Apostrophe) fleet are pushed back to the territory of the Russian Federation. There have been no combat ships left in the Black Sea for a long time."
Given this, the next step should be to cut off supplies to the temporarily occupied peninsula. To do this, according to Budanov, "...it is necessary to destroy Putin's pet project - the Kerch Bridge."
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine considers it possible to destroy the Crimean Bridge using long-range ATACMS missiles provided by the United States. And those who claimed that ATACMS are not powerful enough for this are wrong:
"They should read the technical manuals. The only question is their quantities, but principally speaking, these missiles will allow us to fulfill such a mission."
Earlier, Apostrophe reported about the nighttime explosions in Crimea.