The Ukrainian Armed Forces Destroyed A Bridge On The Donetsk–Mariupol Highway
- 1.07.2026, 11:58
Footage showing extensive damage has appeared online.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are continuing their campaign to disrupt the Russian army’s logistics in the occupied territories. On the night of June 1, a road bridge across the Maly Kalchik River near the village of Granitne in Donetsk Oblast was attacked, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Footage showing extensive damage has appeared online. The bridge is located on the Mariupol–Donetsk highway (H-20/P-280). Authorities of the self-proclaimed “DPR” have confirmed the collapse of the bridge. Traffic is currently impossible across it; vehicles are being rerouted through the village of Kremenevka.
According to Ukrainian sources, the bridge is one of the key elements of Russian military logistics on the Mariupol–Volnovakha–Donetsk route. Its destruction will complicate the supply of Russian troops in the Azov region—in both the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. The bridge had previously been attacked on June 18.
In addition, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the destruction of a railway bridge across the Teplaya River near Nizhneteplye in the Luhansk region and a logistics crossing in the Novocheretovate area of the Donetsk region. Russia also uses these facilities to transport personnel, weapons, and ammunition, the agency added.
The day before, the Ukrainian military reported that three bridges in Donbas had been destroyed—a road bridge near Novoazovsk and two railway bridges in the Luhansk region. The occupying authorities in Novoazovsk confirmed the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strike on the bridge across the Gruzsky Elanchik River, specifying that one lane was destroyed and the other was impassable.
Earlier in June, bridges connecting the Kherson region with Crimea and a railway bridge across the North Crimean Canal were struck. Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov promised to soon isolate the peninsula from Russia.