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A ferry on October 10, 2022, with the Kerch Bridge in the background.
  • Satellite images show Russia has stopped using the Kerch Bridge for military freight, analysts say.
  • The bridge has been a key military artery into occupied Crimea and southwest Ukraine.
  • But following Ukrainian attacks, Russia appears to be relying on other routes to supply its army.

Russia has all but stopped transporting military equipment via a strategic Crimean bridge, Ukrainian analysts say, based on satellite imagery.

In an examination of Maxar satellite images by open-source intelligence agency Molfar, analysts said that between February and mid-April, they saw no Russian freight trains carrying military equipment on the Kerch Bridge.