The attack damaged a bridge in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula that Moscow uses to resupply its forces in Ukraine.
A Russian-held bridge far behind the front lines that helps Moscow resupply its forces in Ukraine was hit by missiles on Thursday, Kremlin-backed local officials said.
The bridge, which connects the occupied Crimean Peninsula to the rest of Ukraine, was struck by several missiles in an overnight attack that some of the officials blamed on Kyiv.
While Ukrainian forces have stepped up their strikes on the peninsula, which Moscow seized long before launching its full invasion, the Ukrainian government has generally declined to officially confirm them, and that was the case again on Thursday.
The bridge — which consists of two spans — crosses the Chonhar Strait to connect Crimea and the Kherson region.
Videos and photographs verified by The New York Times show damage to both spans. The main road bridge has a hole in it, and the surface of the smaller bridge that runs alongside it also appears to be damaged.
Sergei Aksyonov, the Kremlin-installed leader of Crimea, said that there had been no casualties in the attack and that bomb technicians were investigating the cause.
Although Mr. Aksyonov did not assign blame for the strike, the Russian-backed governor of occupied Kherson, Vladimir Saldo, directly accused Ukraine. He accused the “criminal Kyiv regime” of hitting the bridge with Storm Shadow long-range missiles provided by Britain.
