{"id":1978507,"date":"2023-07-20T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T17:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-weapon-used-to-damage-crimea-bridge-remains-a-mystery\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T14:01:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T18:01:25","slug":"ukrainian-weapon-used-to-damage-crimea-bridge-remains-a-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-weapon-used-to-damage-crimea-bridge-remains-a-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"The origin of the Ukrainian weapon that damaged the Crimea bridge remains unknown."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukrainian-weapon-used-to-damage-crimea-bridge-remains-a-mystery%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978507&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Explosion Damages Russia&#8217;s Kerch Bridge: The Mystery Weapon<\/h2>\n<p>Details surrounding the weapon \u2063used \u200cto damage part of\u2064 Russia&#8217;s Kerch\u200d Bridge, which connects Crimea to the mainland, are shrouded in \u200csecrecy. The explosion\u2062 caused \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-move-to-force-conspiracy-theorist-marjorie-taylor-greene-off-her-committee-assignments-report\/\" title=\"Democrats Move To Force Conspiracy Theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene Off Her Committee Assignments: Report\">significant damage<\/a> to one\u200d of the roadways, but Russian Deputy Prime\u2064 Minister Marat Khusnullin reported\u2064 that the bridge partially reopened to limited traffic shortly after. However, repairs to the\u200c roadway are expected to continue until November. The force of the \u2062explosion, which \u2062originated from beneath the bridge, suggests the use \u200cof a weapon believed\u200b to be beyond Ukraine&#8217;s capabilities.<\/p>\n<h3>Unmanned Surface Vehicles: The Suspected Culprits<\/h3>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s National Anti-terrorism Committee attributed the explosion to &#8220;two Ukrainian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drone-mothership-for-the-u-s-navy-heres-how-it-could-happen\/\" title=\"Drone Mothership for the U.S. Navy? Here's How It Could Happen\">unmanned surface vehicles<\/a>,&#8221; a claim confirmed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wipeout-reboot-contestant-died-of-heart-attack-says-coroner\/\" title=\"\u2018Wipeout\u2019 Reboot Contestant Died Of Heart Attack, Says Coroner\">source close<\/a>\u200b to the Ukrainian Defense\u2064 Ministry&#8217;s Main Intelligence \u200dDirectorate. However, the exact \u2062nature of these craft remains a mystery. Open-source intelligence indicates that the Ukrainian military did not possess drones\u200c with the necessary range or explosive power to damage the bridge&#8217;s\u200d support pillars.<\/p>\n<p>Satellite images \u200cpublished by Sentinel Hub, taken the day before the bridge explosion, revealed five unidentified vessels heading east from Ukrainian-controlled Snake Island towards the bridge. At that time, the vessels were approximately 325 miles away from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-massive-explosion-in-downtown-nashville-on-christmas-morning-possible-car-bomb-video\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Massive Explosion in Downtown Nashville on Christmas Morning, Possible Car Bomb (VIDEO)\">explosion site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Exploring Potential Culprits<\/h3>\n<p>Experts have ruled\u2063 out certain \u2062possibilities. The United States has previously provided surface drones to Ukraine, but \u2064these drones,\u2064 known as Mantas T-12s, lack the range required to reach the bridge. Another candidate, Ukraine&#8217;s\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-weapon-used-to-damage-crimea-bridge-remains-a-mystery\/\" title=\"The origin of the Ukrainian weapon that damaged the Crimea bridge remains unknown.\">crowdfunded kamikaze drone fleet<\/a>, \u2063also seems unlikely due \u200cto its limited fuel\u200c capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Russian Telegram channels have suggested that the vessel responsible could be the British-made underwater autonomous vehicle REMUS 600, equipped \u200cwith additional explosives. According to the channel Mash, the craft, resembling a torpedo, was launched from a civilian vessel near the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is important to \u2063note that the\u200d REMUS\u200c 600 was designed for noncombat purposes such as underwater mapping and mine \u200cdetection. It has never been deployed in a combat role, making\u2062 it unlikely \u2063that it could carry a\u2064 large enough explosive payload to cause significant damage to the Kerch Bridge&#8217;s superstructure. The craft itself weighs approximately 530 pounds.<\/p>\n<h2>Implications and Retaliation<\/h2>\n<p>This bombing incident suggests that Ukraine&#8217;s naval drone capabilities may be more advanced than publicly acknowledged, a \u2062concerning prospect for the Kremlin. In response, Russia swiftly launched one of the largest missile bombardments \u200bof the war, targeting the infrastructure of\u200b the\u2063 port city of Odesa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington\u200b Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details regarding the weapon responsible for damaging Russia&#8217;s Kerch Bridge, connecting Crimea to the mainland, remain unknown. The explosion caused considerable harm to a roadway, but Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin stated that limited traffic resumed shortly after the incident, according to TASS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}