Long-range ATACMS supplied by the US to Ukraine could strike Crimea, a crucial logistics and military hub for Russia, hard, a military analyst said.

Russian officials said on Tuesday that Ukraine had attacked Crimea with U.S.-produced Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) in an attempt to pierce Russian air defences of the annexed peninsula but that six had been shot down.

On July 17, 2023, a strike destroyed part of both the road and railway sections of the bridge and Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) released a video of the attack. Kremlin outlets said the damage could be repaired within three months.