Crimean bridge is in its last days_ Ukraine will launch a massive attack with missiles and drones

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As reported, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two Be-12 amphibious aircraft in Crimea, the main function of which is to patrol coastal waters. Coastal radar stations that monitor the maritime situation are also systematically destroyed.

According to The Military Balance, as of 2024, the naval aviation of the Russian Navy had only six Be-12PS aircraft. As of 2022, the 318th separate mixed aviation regiment of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at the Kacha airfield had five Be-12PS aircraft. In early 2018, Russia adopted a program to modernize the existing fleet of Be-12 amphibious aircraft. The modernized aircraft received new on-board equipment, a sonar system, detection sensors and a magnetic anomaly detector, as well as improved depth charges and torpedoes. The Russian Black Sea Fleet first began using Be-12 aircraft in the war against Ukraine in August 2022 - to search for potential saboteurs and monitor shipping to the ports of Greater Odessa.

Ukraine does not have submarines, but after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, naval drones were quickly developed and deployed, causing serious damage to the ships and boats of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

In this regard, the old Be-12 amphibious aircraft came in handy for the Russian military to detect Ukrainian unmanned boats.

On July 1, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported the destruction of the Pechora-3 coastal radar in the city of Saki. On September 23, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the attack on the Kacha airfield. The Ukrainian military reported the shooting down of two Russian aircraft. “Enemy assets struck units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The results and extent of the damage are being clarified,” the statement said.

On September 21, Ukrainian military intelligence destroyed three Russian Mi-8 helicopters and a radar station in Crimea. “The air fleet of the Russian occupiers in Crimea has again decreased as a result of successful combat operations,” HUR wrote in Telegram. On the evening of September 22, Crimean Telegram channels reported an attack by drones on Sevastopol. According to the mayor of the city, Russian President Mikhail Razvozhayev, six drones were allegedly shot down by air defense forces while approaching the city, and another one near Kach. There was a grass fire reported there.

In addition to the Be-12, the Kach airfield also houses An-26 military transport aircraft. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not specify which aircraft were shot down. It is believed that Ukraine will soon launch a massive offensive on Crimea using missiles and drones. Therefore, Russian equipment involved in the defense of Crimea is being destroyed. The destruction of the Crimean Bridge during the attack is also considered inevitable. This means that the Crimean Bridge is living out its last days