00:00Ukraine intensifies deep strikes, targeting Crimean bridges and Moscow communications hub.
00:06Kiev, July 2nd. Ukrainian forces have escalated their campaign of deep strikes against Russian
00:13military infrastructure, targeting key supply lines in occupied Crimea and a strategic satellite
00:19communications center near Moscow as part of a systematic effort to degrade Russia's ability
00:24to sustain its war effort. Ukrainian forces have carried out a series of successful strikes on
00:34Russian military targets in occupied Crimea and within Russia itself. In a large-scale operation
00:40on the night of June 22 to 23, Ukraine struck a key railway bridge across the North Crimean canal
00:46near the village of Rosdolny. The bridge was a strategic military logistics route used to
00:52transport cargo, resources, and military supplies from the Russian Federation through Crimea to
00:57support troop concentrations in the southern sector. Ukrainian Special Operations Forces drones
01:03destroyed the bridge with precision strikes, destroying the railroad tracks and causing one
01:08of the arches to collapse. When Russian railway repair equipment arrived at the site, Ukrainian forces
01:14struck both the repair equipment and the remaining sections of the bridge in a second phase of the
01:19operation. In the latest overnight attack on June 23, Ukraine hit more than 60 Russian military targets
01:27in occupied territories, including three Orion reconnaissance strike drones, a Nebo-U radar station,
01:33a Panzer S-1 air defense system, and an S-300 launcher in Crimea. Ukrainian forces also targeted fuel
01:41reservoirs at the Kerch thermal power plant, the Semfiropol gas distribution station, and the West Crimea
01:47330-110 kilovolt electrical substation, knocking out power in Sevastopol. Ukraine simultaneously struck two
01:56important oil facilities on either side of the Kerch Strait, the oil terminal in Kerch, on Crimea, and the port
02:03of
02:03Kavkaz in Russia, which are used to ferry fuel to the Russian front lines. Geolocated footage showed oil
02:10storage facilities in Kerch and supply ferries in Kavkaz on fire. Ukraine managed to disable four S-400
02:18missile complexes and two Panzer systems to strike Kerch, which is less than one kilometer from the heavily
02:24defended Kerch bridge. The attacks have caused severe fuel shortages in Crimea. Russian occupation authorities
02:31suspended fuel sales to all but state services, while in Sevastopol, fuel had already been rationed to
02:3820 liters per week for private individuals. The city also canceled ferry services, banned outdoor
02:44gatherings, and switched off street lighting. Ukraine is trying to disrupt military supply lines
02:50in Crimea and strike the peninsula's power grid at the height of the summer tourist season, hoping the
02:56campaign will embarrass Russian President Vladimir Putin and increase public pressure on him to end the
03:01war. Strikes on Russian communications and energy Ukraine also struck the Dubna Space
03:08Communications Center in the Moscow region for the second time on June 30th, part of a campaign to
03:14disrupt Russian military intelligence and satellite communications operations. President Volodymyr
03:19Zelensky described the strike as part of Ukraine's long-range sanctions plan against Russia. The Dubna facility
03:26is Russia's largest ground-based satellite communications complex, used for military
03:32communications, controlling satellite relay systems, and supporting the Russian Defense Ministry's
03:37intelligence and troop coordination. It serves as an intermediary between satellites and ground systems,
03:44transmitting control commands to satellites and receiving data collected by them for military
03:49reconnaissance. The first strike on June 22nd damaged a 32-meter Mark IV satellite communications
03:56antenna, a technical building, and the main production and administrative building housing central
04:01communications equipment. Zelensky noted that Ukrainian forces had recently attacked four such Russian
04:08centers in the Moscow and Vladimir regions. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanen said Russian air defenses intercepted
04:15its 61 Ukrainian drones approaching Moscow on June 30th. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have shot
04:22down 419 Ukrainian drones overnight across Russian territory and Crimea. A six-month-old baby was killed
04:29in the town of Yugoryevsk when a drone struck a house. Ukraine is increasingly deploying domestically
04:36produced drones to attack targets deep inside Russian territory, particularly facilities related to oil and gas,
04:42logistics, and defense production, aiming to undermine Russia's ability to sustain its military campaign.
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