Ukraine, 007 Kiev: “Crimea bridge is a symbol of Russia and will be destroyed”

“The Crimean bridge is a Russian symbol and, as such, it will be destroyed. When Crimea returns to Ukraine, this bridge will cease to exist. Nobody really needs it.” Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told Ukrainian Pravda. “I can only say that the Crimean bridge has been severely damaged. This bridge is one of the symbols of the Russian world – he added – And the cruiser ‘Moscow’ also went to the bottom. These are all signs that this regime is at the end”. Read also “Deaths of 67,940 Russian soldiers” – The losses among the Russian ranks since the day of the attack by Moscow on Ukraine, on 24 February last, would amount to 67,940. This was announced by the daily bulletin of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, just released on Facebook, which reports figures that cannot be verified independently. According to the report of the Ukrainian military, to date the Russian losses would be about 67,940 men, 2,590 tanks, 5,295 armored vehicles, 1,673 artillery systems, 375 multiple rocket launchers, 189 anti-aircraft defense systems. According to the bulletin, which specifies that the data are being updated due to the intense fighting, the Russian forces have also lost 270 planes, 245 helicopters, 4,044 cars, 16 naval units and 1,370 drones. Zaporizhzhia – Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Serguei Riabkov declared it impossible to create a demilitarized zone in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. “Agreements on demilitarization are in principle impossible: we can only protect the plant and guarantee its safety”, the Russian deputy minister explained to the Russian newspaper Izvestia, according to which the idea of ​​a demilitarized zone proposed by the West, a measure that would imply the withdrawal of the Russian military from the station does not preclude the creation of a security zone. “The protection zone is different and the general lines are under discussion”, said Riabkov, stressing that Moscow is in “close contact” with the director general of the IAEA Rafael Grossi: “the work with the IAEA continues, the specialists of the agency are in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and this is a very concrete manifestation of our constructive responsibility ”.