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Ukraine claims to have destroyed two bridges inside Russia using just a couple of inexpensive drones to target stores of mines and ammunition hidden by Russian forces.
The Ukrainian military reported that the two bridges, located near Ukraine’s Kharkiv region border, were utilized by the Russian military for troop resupply.
Due to their strategic significance, the bridges were rigged with explosives by Russian forces, allowing them the option to demolish them in case of an unexpected Ukrainian advance.
“We then checked the other bridge and discovered it was also rigged with explosives, prompting us to strike,” stated a brigade representative, adding: “We identified an opportunity and seized it.”
The bridges’ destruction – and the daring way Ukraine achieved it – is a rare piece of good news for Kyiv.
Ukraine is currently facing a challenging situation on the frontlines, as Russian troops steadily advance, while Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to postpone any ceasefire negotiations.
At the same time, Moscow keeps terrorising Ukraine’s civilian population with near-daily deadly aerial attacks against cities across the country.
Russia did not comment on the attacks against the bridges.
Cheap drones prove their value
The drones used in the attack costs between 25,000 and 30,000 Ukrainian hryvnas, or between $600 to $725, the brigade representative told CNN.
That makes the two attacks extremely cost-effective.
Destroying a bridge from a distance is a challenging task. Typically, it requires costly precision munitions delivered by advanced systems such as a missile launcher or aircraft.
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Ukraine has previously said it used the Western-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to blow up bridges in Russia’s Kursk region.
These are pricey weapons – when Germany purchased three HIMARS launchers for Ukraine from the United States last year, it paid $30 million in total.
Each missile costs tens of thousands of dollars.
But the bridge attacks were not the first time that Ukraine used small and relatively cheap first-person-view drones for maximum effect.
In June, Ukrainian forces destroyed or damaged dozens of Russian aircraft using small drones that were smuggled to the vicinity of Russian military airfields in trucks.
