Russian 37th Motorized Rifle Brigade battalion commander Bato Munkuyev took his own life on 10 June after a Ukrainian strike on the Chonhar Bridge collapsed his unit's fuel supplies, Ukraine's 1st Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmytro Kotsyubailo (Da Vinci) says. The Ukrainian unit claims Russian command pressured Munkuyev to execute combat tasks while his battalion lacked sufficient fuel, ammunition, and reinforcements.

The Ukrainian soldiers link the commander's death to documented Ukrainian strikes on the Chonhar Bridge on 7 June and 9 June that halted Russian fuel and supply movement from Crimea to the southern frontline.

The 37th brigade had been specifically waiting for fuel supplies via the Chonhar route, Ukrainian commander Dmytro Filatov "Perun" said on 10 June.

Bridge strike halted Russian logistics movement

"The Chonhar Bridge was not chosen by accident. The 37th Motorized Rifle Brigade was operating against Ukrainian forces in this direction, and it was specifically waiting for fuel supplies via this route,"  Filatov told Army TV.

The bridge was not fully destroyed, but the damage to the road surface proved sufficient to completely stop traffic. Part of the Russian cargo did not reach the frontline after the strike.

The Chonhar Bridge was struck on 7 June and 9 June, with the second strike halting traffic that had partially resumed after the first attack.

Munkuyev and 37th brigade: Buryatian unit with documented Bucha-area war crimes

According to the 1st Assault Regiment, Munkuyev has served in the Russian armed forces since at least 2015 and was promoted to the rank of major and to battalion command this year.

The Russian 37th Motorized Rifle Brigade is stationed at Kyakhta, Buryatia, as part of the 36th Combined Arms Army of Russia's Eastern Military District, per Ukrainska Pravda.

The brigade has been implicated in war crimes during the Russian occupation of Makariv and the surrounding Bucha district communities, including a November 2025 conviction of a 37th brigade member for rape committed during the occupation.

Ukrainian investigative journalists and the Belarusian Investigative Center have documented their involvement in the Kyiv-Chop highway atrocities of March 2022, when Russian forces opened fire on civilian vehicles attempting to evacuate the Kyiv area, per RBC-Ukraine, citing Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

El príncipe Jorge, de 12 años, comenzará sus estudios en Eton College el próximo mes de septiembre, según ha anunciado este martes. “El Palacio de Kensington puede confirmar que el príncipe George asistirá a Eton a partir de este septiembre, dijo la escueta declaración de la residencia oficial de los príncipes de Gales. De este modo, el primogénito de Guillermo de Inglaterra y Kate Middleton seguirá los pasos de su padre, que también asistió a esta escuela privada solo para chicos ubicada en el condado de Berkshire, donde la matrícula ronda actualmente las 63.000 libras anuales (unos 72.000 euros). Además, los costos para el nieto del rey Carlos III incluirán el IVA que el Gobierno británico agrega a las tarifas de las escuelas privadas, según indica la BBC.

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The Rio-Antirrio Bridge was inaugurated on August 7, 2004, one week before the opening of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Within two decades, it changed the economic landscape in Greece. The Rio-Antirrio Bridge, which connects the Peloponnese with Central Greece, had the aim of making the transport of passengers and cargo much easier. That has certainly been achieved.

The opening of the bridge was a celebration, with the first people to officially cross it being none other than the Olympic torchbearers of the 2004 Olympics. One member of that group was Otto Rehhagel, the German football coach who had led the Greek national team to their triumph in the Euro 2004 Cup just a month earlier.

The official name of the bridge is the Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge, named after the nineteenth-century prime minister of Greece, who was the first man to envision such a span connecting the Peloponnese with Central Greece. Unfortunately, state finances at the time did not allow for such a large-scale project.

The 2,380-meter (approximately 1.8-mile) long bridge is one of the longest cable-stay bridges in the entire world. It improves access to and from the Peloponnese, which could previously only be reached by ferry or via the Isthmus of Corinth.

According to a recent study by the Observatory of Road Networks in Western Greece and the Peloponnese, the construction of the graceful white cable-stay bridge has already resulted in enormous financial benefits. To date, this amount is estimated to be over 400 million euros.

The experts believe that the total amount of funds the bridge’s construction will bring to the area will be more than one billion euros during the period of 2017 to 2032.

Tourist flows have also improved, which is especially noted with arrivals coming into the area from the north from the port of Patras. Travelers heading for the Ionian Sea islands and areas in Central Greece can now easily and swiftly cross through the central area of the country and back again.

The study also noted that the bridge has already had a positive effect on property values in the northern region, which has led to a significant rise in land prices. This has given added value to an area that had been largely underdeveloped, attracting investment.

Traffic flows have also benefited immensely from the creation of the Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge. It not only connects two major motorways, the Ionian Odos and Olympia Odos, but transport connections between Epirus and Aitoloakarnania have been greatly improved, as well.

Before the construction of the new span, Aitoloakarnania had basically been almost completely cut off from the rest of the country.

Rio-Antirrio Bridge considered an engineering masterpiece

The construction of the imposing cable-stay bridge is widely considered to be an engineering masterpiece, owing to several solutions applied to overcome difficulties caused by its location and the geology of the region.

These difficulties included the especially deep waters of the river, the once-unstable underlying ground under the bases of the bridge, seismic activity, the probability of tsunamis, and the expansion of the Gulf of Corinth due to plate tectonics.

The seabed was first reinforced and stabilized by driving two hundred hollow steel pipes into the ground beneath each pier. The pier footings themselves were not driven into the seabed; they rest on a bed of gravel meticulously leveled to an even surface (a difficult endeavor at this depth).

During an earthquake, the piers are able to move laterally along the sea floor, with the gravel bed absorbing the energy. The bridge decking is also connected to the pylons using special jacks and dampers designed to absorb any movement.

View the fascinating video below to see all the special features of this unique and beautiful cable-stay bridge, which has already contributed immensely to the economy of the country.

Ukrainian drones struck four vehicular bridges at Crimea's northwestern entrance overnight on 11 June 2026, quisling official Vladimir Saldo claimed. The strikes are part of Ukraine's most recent mid-range strike push—now at its fourth day—reaching every road corridor between Crimea and mainland Ukraine. The same night, drone attacks also rolled across Sevastopol, Bakhchysarai, Saky, and other Crimean sites.

Four bridges damaged at the Armiansk isthmus

Saldo, the Russian-installed head of occupied Kherson Oblast, named the four targets on his Telegram. They include the automobile bridge in the Perekop-Armiansk area and a bridge near Stavky, Kherson Oblast. Two more bridges near Myrne and Preobrazhenka span the North Crimean Canal. Saldo stated all four spans sustained damage.

Three Crimean northern choke points hit in four days

Ukraine struck the Chonhar bridge on 7 and 9 June, closing Russia's main road link to occupied Crimea, yet the Russians reportedly installed a pontoon bridge next to the severely damaged crossing. On 10 June, Ukrainian drones hit the bridge from Henichesk to Arabat Spit. With both routes fully or partially shut, Russia had rerouted traffic through Armiansk and Perekop — the very corridor struck overnight. DeepState analysts noted that Ukrainian strikes on the bridges are an important part of the blockade of occupied southern Ukraine.

Not only an entrance, but also targets across the peninsula

Russia's occupation governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, claimed 32 drones were shot down over Sevastopol between 22:00 and midnight. He claimed the drones fell near Sevastopol Bay, Cape Fiolent, and Balaklava. The city declared two air alerts during the night and the morning.

Monitoring Telegram channel Krymsky Veter reported machine-gun fire in Pishchane at 21:40 and in Andriivka shortly after, citing subscribers. 

"At 21:40 a machine gun started firing in Pishchane, at 21:48 a machine gun started in Andriivka, after which an anti-aircraft gun fired a couple of bursts," the channel wrote. 

Detonations followed near Cape Fiolent, in Sevastopol, and later in Bakhchysarai. By morning, Krymsky Veter reported explosions and shooting in Saky.

Russia's Defense Ministry claimed the destruction of 330 drones over Russia and the occupied territories in the same overnight period.

Update

The First Assault Brigade shared the footage of the strikes: