Ukraine carries out underwater strike using 1,100kg of TNT on Crimea’s Kerch Bridge

Sarah Hooper and Luke Alsford

Updated June 3, 2025 3:04pm

Ukraine has launched an audacious new attack on a bridge in Crimea days after their ‘Pearl Harbour’ ambush on Russia. The country’s secret service, the SBU, say they blasted the underwater pillars of the Crimean Bridge overnight after a months-long operation. Video shows a detonation erupting underneath the bridge after 1,100kg worth of explosive devices had been covertly planted by SBU agents.  The Crimean Bridge, also called the Kerch Bridge, is a personal project of Vladimir Putin which links the peninsula, invaded by Russia in 2014, to the mainland.

The SBU said the strike was ‘activated’ at 4.44am, adding: ‘The bridge is effectively in a state of disrepair.’ It’s understood the attack hit the road bridge section of the road-and-rail crossing. Russia has yet to comment on the bridge blast but the latest blow comes after Putin ordered overnight attacks against Ukraine.

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https://metro.co.uk/2025/06/03/putin-launches-strikes-across-ukraine-revenge-pearl-harbour-drone-blitz-23315542/

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