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Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate and defend the inhabitants of the Donbass region, where people have been suffering from a blockade and regular attacks by the Kiev regime's forces since 2014.

UK, US Involved in Planning of Ukrainian Attack on Crimean Bridge in 2024

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Earlier, US media reported that US military personnel stationed at a base in Wiesbaden, Germany, had provided Ukrainian forces with intelligence on Russian troop positions and coordinated nearly all HIMARS missile strikes for almost three years before US President Donald Trump took office this January.
The UK helped plan and execute Ukrainian strikes using ATACMS missiles targeting the Crimean Bridge in August 2024, a New York Times investigation revealed.
The blueprint of an attack to “bring the bridge down” was worked out jointly by the British, the US, and the CIA. Western-supplied ATACMS were supposed to “weaken vulnerable points” on the deck of the Crimea Bridge, while maritime drones would then “blow up next to its stanchions,” noted the outlet.
“But while the drones were being readied, the Russians hardened their defenses around the stanchions,” wrote the outlet.
The British military had considerable clout in Ukraine, it added, noting that “unlike the Americans, they had placed small teams of officers in the country” shortly after the conflict escalated in 2022.
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US Forces Provided Intelligence to Ukrainian Troops, Coordinated HIMARS Strikes, Media Reports
The US had first pushed back at Ukraine’s plan to strike with missiles alone, but eventually backed down. On the night of August 16, Russian air defense systems successfully repelled the entire volley of enemy ATACMS missiles.
Russian air defenses thwarted a group strike of 12 US-made ATACMS tactical missiles on the Crimean Bridge in August 2024, with all the missiles destroyed.
Ukraine previously attacked the Crimean Bridge on October 8, 2022, when a truck loaded with explosives blew up while crossing it, killing five people including the driver, and damaging both the road and rail spans.
Kiev denied responsibility until finally admitting that it bombed the bridge "in order to break the logistics of the Russians."
On July 17, 2023, a second explosion occurred after an attack by a naval drone. A family from Belgorod region who were driving across the bridge at the time were killed.
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