On Sunday, the Ukrainian army bombed two bridges linking Kherson province (south) with Crimea, and are used to supply Russian forces, and this development comes after widespread Russian air attacks, some of which targeted air bases in western Ukraine.

Russian media quoted the pro-Russian governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, as saying that Ukrainian forces targeted the bridge with 12 missiles, 9 of which were shot down by air defense, while a civilian crossing the bridge was injured.

Saldo said the bombing used Storm Shadow missiles (produced by Britain and France) and also damaged the gas pipeline running near the bridge, pointing to the targeting of another small bridge linking the city of Hencheysk in Kherson - parts of which are controlled by Russian forces - to the northeastern coast of Crimea.

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Russia's RIA Novosti news agency also quoted Crimea Governor Sergei Aksyonov as saying the Chonhwar Bridge had been damaged in an attack.

Pro-Moscow officials in Crimea and Kherson confirmed that it had been decided to close the Chohnhar bridge for repairs.

Images posted by activists on social media showed destruction in parts of the bridge.

Last June, Ukrainian forces bombed the Zhonhar Bridge, one of three roads linking mainland Ukraine with Crimea, which Russia annexed in 3.

Russian strikes

For its part, Ukraine announced that it had been subjected - early on Sunday - to more than 70 Russian attacks with cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles and Iranian-made drones of the "Shahid" model.

The Ukrainian air force said Russian forces fired three Kinjal missiles, without saying whether they were able to intercept them.

It said it shot down 57 Russian missiles, including 12 Kalibr, and all 27 drones.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that among the targeted places was an aircraft engine factory.

In contrast, the Russian Defense Ministry said the latest strikes targeted sites including air bases in Khmelnytsky and Rovno in western Ukraine.

Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat acknowledged that the military airport in Khmelnytsky province was subjected to Russian bombardment, but denied that there had been significant damage to the planes parked at the airport, explaining that it was being redeployed at other airports in order to protect them.

On the other hand, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the downing of a Ukrainian march that was en route to Moscow.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian General Staff said that the vicinity of the city of Kobyansk in the Kharkiv province (northeast) witnessed confrontations between Ukrainian forces and Russian forces trying to advance on this axis.

In contrast to the Ukrainian counteroffensive that has been ongoing since the fourth of last June in Donetsk (east) and Zabarozhia (southeast), Russian forces are launching counterattacks towards Lehman and Avdiivka in Donetsk and Kobyansk-Kharkiv.

Black Sea

Meanwhile, Russia's TASS news agency quoted Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, as saying on Sunday that Russia has military and technical capabilities that enable it to eliminate security threats in the Black Sea.

Ryabkov's statement, which blames the United States and Britain for exacerbating tensions in the Black Sea, comes after two Ukrainian drone attacks on a Russian warship near the Russian port of Novorossiysk and a Russian tanker near Crimea.

For his part, the governor of the Crimean city of Sevastopol announced the discovery of a sea mine 100 meters from the beach of Lubimkovo in Crimea.

Tensions in the Black Sea escalated after Russia withdrew from the grain export deal about three weeks ago, and Kiev and Moscow have threatened to target ships suspected of being military.