Ukraine marks 500 days of war by admitting it blew up Russia's bridge to Crimea
11 July
A top Ukrainian defense official marked 500 days of war on Saturday by admitting responsibility for an attack last year that seriously damaged Russia's bridge to the occupied Crimea Peninsula. Hanna Maliar, Ukraine's deputy defense minister, wrote that the Kerch Strait Bridge — which opened four years after Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 — was targeted to disrupt Moscow's supply lines. She noted that Saturday marks 273 days since the first strike on the bridge, which was carried out in order to break the logistics of the Russians.