The Russian military is building a pontoon bridge in Kherson along the Dnipro River, according to satellite imagery.
Ukrainians have been hitting bridges, which might explain why the Russians are building the pontoon bridge, a senior military officials told reporters Friday.
“They’re probably quite honestly trying to figure out how to get across the river and go back to Crimea,” the senior military official said.
The pontoon bridge under construction is next to the site of a bridge that was destroyed, USNI News contributor H.I. Sutton tweeted Friday morning.
***BREAKING***#Russian pontoon bridge at Kherson, #Ukraine, now in place. Radar (SAR) satellite image from today. The old (damaged) bridge is purple, the pontoon is green.
Pontoon assembled in river nearby as previous reported #OSINT pic.twitter.com/s5LJSYd1fA
— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) July 29, 2022
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