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By 23 August, repairs to the bridge had been completed and it was again in use by
Russian forces. On 25 August, satellite images showed no fewer than 16 damage holes on the southern end of the bridge, with vehicle traffic queuing on both sides as a temporary ferry services provided a crossing route
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Russian air defence systems had intercepted the projectiles, but this was disputed by the Ukrainian forces and did not match visual evidence. Later reports and video footage from 27 July showed that the roadway surface on the bridge had been damaged; the surface was unusable for
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By 11 November, with
Ukrainian forces entering Kherson and Russian forces leaving it, part of the bridge collapsed; according to the prominent Russian military blogger Rybar, the Russians destroyed it. An adjacent pontoon bridge was used by Russian forces during their withdrawal from Kherson.
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The crossing was struck again on 29 August amid reports of a
Ukrainian counteroffensive, and strikes continued on the bridge and crossing throughout the closing days of August. By early September, Russian authorities said the bridge would be impassable for cars for weeks.
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rockets supplied by the United States. Ukrainian forces struck the bridge again the next day. Russian forces struggled to repair the bridge and temporarily closed it to cargo traffic. The two strikes on the bridge, as well as remarks by
Russian Foreign Minister
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Russian forces". Observers considered it to be the most important road crossing to the Russian-controlled areas west of the Dnieper river, the only other one being at the
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At approximately 22:55 on 26 July 2022, the bridge sustained heavy damage following
Ukrainian rocket fire using HIMARS, leading to the bridge being closed to passenger traffic. Some observers considered this third attack to be part of
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eventually lost control over the area on 26 February 2022 after fierce fighting, leaving several dead soldiers and destroyed military vehicles lying on the bridge.
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and connected the town to the unincorporated settlement
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1116:Kherson Oblast in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
555:"Ukraine loses control over crossing to Kherson"
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912:Roshchina, Olena (27 July 2022).
54:Bridge in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
940:Ehrhart, Tim (29 August 2022).
762:"Institute for the Study of War"
678:Veser, Reinhard (20 July 2022).
444:List of crossings of the Dnieper
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685:Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
250:), usually referred to as the
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469:[Antonovsky bridge].
247:Antonivskyi avtomobilnyi mist
473:(in Russian). Archived from
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321:and another bridge over the
175:1,366 m (4,482 ft)
340:changed hands several times
329:Russian invasion of Ukraine
287:Russian invasion of Ukraine
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1096:Bridges over the Dnieper
439:Antonivka Railway Bridge
370:Ukrainian bridge attacks
1121:Road bridges in Ukraine
1111:Concrete girder bridges
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293:Design and construction
412:across the Dnieper. A
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228:Antonivka Road Bridge
110:46.67000°N 32.72028°E
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714:The Daily Telegraph
359:Ministry of Defence
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1101:Box girder bridges
1065:. 11 November 2022
1034:The New York Times
1008:. 5 September 2022
563:. 25 February 2022
531:. 25 February 2022
467:"Антоновский мост"
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115:46.67000; 32.72028
792:Euromaidan Press
583:Paton Walsh, Nick
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338:The bridge
323:Konka river
281:, southern
130:Highway M14
113: /
88:Coordinates
1085:Categories
1069:22 October
450:References
384:fighting.
201:Statistics
101:32°43′13″E
98:46°40′12″N
560:Ukrinform
319:route E97
299:Antonivka
273:river in
241:romanized
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193:Collapsed
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653:CBS News
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180:History
150:Kherson
140:Dnieper
136:Crossed
126:Carried
31:updated
376:HIMARS
348:Crimea
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