Russia Hits 2 Ukrainian Seaports in Response to Crimea Bridge Attack

Part of a Russian Kalibr cruise missile lies inside a building damaged during a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, on July 18, 2023. Press Service of the Operational Command South of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters

Russia has struck multiple targets in two Ukrainian port cities in response to an earlier attack—for which it blames Kyiv—on a bridge that links Crimea to the Russian mainland.

“Last night, the Russian Armed Forces delivered multiple retaliatory strikes by seaborne high-precision weapons against sites where terrorist attacks were being plotted,” the Russian Defense Ministry stated on July 18.