Coverage dated June 2, 2025

Crimea bridge hit by explosion

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Ukraine's SBU revealed its special underwater operation and posted a video of the blast.

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  1. Newsweek

    Crimea bridge hit by explosion (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Ukraine's SBU revealed its special underwater operation and posted a video of the blast.

  2. The Boston Globe

    As Russia reels from drone attack, Ukraine targets vital Crimea Bridge (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Ukraine on Tuesday again attacked the symbolic Crimea Bridge across the Kerch Strait, which connects the illegally annexed peninsula to the Russian mainland. The attack came 48 hours after Kyiv’s unprecedented assault on air bases deep inside Russian territory, which stunned the country and the inte…

  3. KESQ Palm Springs

    Ukraine strikes bridge connecting Russia to Crimea with underwater explosives (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Christian Edwards, Svitlana Vlasova and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine said on Tuesday that it had hit the bridge connecting Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula with explosives planted underwater, in its third attack on the vital supply line for Moscow’s forces since the full-scale war …

  4. ABC 7 Chicago

    Ukraine claims new underwater bomb attack on Russia's Crimean Bridge (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Tuesday claimed to have conducted a new attack on Russia's Kerch Strait Bridge.

  5. WMUR

    Ukraine strikes Crimean Bridge with underwater explosives (opens WMUR)

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    Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, struck the Crimean Bridge with underwater explosives in a bold operation, marking its third attack on the bridge

  6. CNN

    Ukraine says it has struck bridge connecting Russia to Crimea with underwater explosives (opens CNN)

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    Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, said on Tuesday that it had hit the bridge connecting Russia and the occupied Crimean peninsula with explosives planted underwater.

  7. Sofrep

    Ukraine's Security Service Strikes Again: Crimean Bridge Rocked by Underwater Sabotage (opens Sofrep)

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    Ukraine isn’t nibbling at the edges anymore—they’re punching Moscow in the teeth and daring them to bite back.

  8. Hot Air

  9. Al Jazeera

    Ukraine claims to have damaged Russia’s bridge to annexed Crimea (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Russian military bloggers say the attack has been unsuccessful, with the key bridge functioning after a brief closure.

  10. UPI

    Ukraine claims successful strike on Crimean Bridge (opens UPI)

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    Ukraine announced Tuesday it had successfully carried out a military strike on the Kerch Bridge, the culmination of an operation that took several months to execute.

  11. Deutsche Welle

    Ukraine claims explosive attack on Russia's bridge to Crimea – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Kyiv says it has bombed the Kerch Bridge in a "unique special operation." The blast targeted a critical Russian supply route. Meanwhile, three people were killed in a Russian attack on Sumy.

  12. Bloomberg

    Ukraine Says It Attacked Crimean Bridge as Russia Halts Traffic (opens Bloomberg)

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    Ukraine said it attacked the Crimean Bridge with explosives as Russia closed traffic on the route linking the annexed Black Sea peninsula with the Russian mainland.

  13. The Guardian

    Ukraine hits bridge linking Crimea to Russia with underwater explosives (opens The Guardian)

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    Operation ‘severely damaged’ base of Kerch Bridge, opened by Putin in 2018, Kyiv’s SBU security service says

  14. New York Post

    Ukraine strike decimates only bridge connecting Russia and Crimea, cutting crucial supply line (opens New York Post)

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    The devastating strike on the only bridge connecting Russia and the occupied province of Crimea severs the vital supply line for Putin's forces.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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