The Armed Forces will be able to destroy the Crimean bridge if they have enough missiles atacms and Taurus - Hodges

According to the US Army General, a mass attack is needed to finally disable the cities. The Russian Federation is already very concerned about the risk of such an attack. The Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to destroy the Crimean bridge if enough ATACMS and Taurus missiles. This was stated by former US Army Commander in Europe, General Ben Hodges in an article for Foreign Affairs. The general noted that the bridge is not innovative or too complex.

It is difficult to destroy because of large size. Ukraine has attacked the bridge twice. Although both attacks were successful, they showed how limited its possibilities. According to Hodges, the construction of the bridge was part of Russia's strategy for dominance in the Black Sea. If Ukraine destroys it, it will be the key to its victory over the occupiers in general. In addition, as the general wrote to finally disable the cities, a mass attack is needed by very powerful missiles.

The blows should be directed either in several specific places or at one specific point. The Ukrainian forces need a high -precision weapon of the West. "ATACMS missiles with unitary warheads can allow Ukraine to regularly strike the most vulnerable spans of the bridge, which will force security and repair crews to be present and vigilant, as well as increase the logistics load on Russia," Hodes wrote.

The US military noted that the Russian Federation is very concerned about the risk of such an attack on the cities. Thus, Moscow conducted secret negotiations with China to study the possibility of digging a tunnel under the Kerch Strait. However, Hodges considers this project "stupidity", the implementation of which will take years. The article also states that Washington can also motivate Germany to transfer Taurus missiles to Ukraine, even if Congress does not allocate money to help Kiev.

"Many Western leaders say that they will support Ukraine's military efforts as much as they will need. This is a misconception about victory. Instead, they have to do their best to help Ukraine win Russia as soon as possible," Hodges said. It should be noted that the article of the American general was commented by the military expert of the German edition of Bild Julian Repke.

He wrote in X (earlier Twitter) that precisely because the Armed Forces could destroy the Crimean bridge, the USA and Germany did not pass the missiles "for this reason the United States and Germany were silently agreed not to pass this weapon to Ukraine," he wrote he . We will remind that the military analyst, colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Petro Chernyk told Focus how to destroy the Crimean bridge. According to him, 3-4 missiles enemy air defense may miss.