Paranoid Putin franticallymoves air defences to guard beloved £3bn Crimean Bridge as Ukraine blitzes TWO airfields

PARANOID Putin is urgently relocating his air defences to guard his £3 billion Crimean Bridge as Ukraine blitzed two airfields.

Russian resistance movement ATESH has highlighted a move to “massively transfer equipment” towards the crossing.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is rushing his troops to guard his beloved Crimean Bridge amid fears of Ukraine attacks[/caption]

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The Crimean Bridge is a major supply route for Putin’s troops fighting in Ukraine[/caption]

Putin fears the multibillion-pound bridge will be under attack as Ukraine hit two Russian military airfields in CrimeaEast2West

This was the moment the ATACMS missile strike by Ukraine hit Russian-controlled Saki military airfieldEast2West

The anti-Putin group said: “The Russians are actively relocating surviving air defence installations, aviation, radar stations and all military facilities from the western part of Crimea.

“Oil storage facilities are already empty, and it is virtually impossible for even the local population to get fuel.”

The crossing is vital to Mad Vlad’s weakening grip on the Crimean peninsula, which he grabbed from Ukraine in 2014.

If true, he appears to be leaving the west of Crimea exposed to more Ukrainian strikes which have taken out multiple air defence systems.

This comes as Ukraine has again hit Saki military airfield in Crimea, controlled by the Russians, with US-supplied ATACMS missiles.

Two Russian servicemen were wounded as ammunition stocks were destroyed, triggering a major fire.

The attack hit an air defence site at Shelkovichnoye, destroying a key radar facility.

One Russian source indicated the losses were greater in the Crimean strikes.

“Everlasting memory,” said Fighterbomber Telegram channel.

Putin is rushing to guard his beloved Crimean Bridge, which was blown up last July (pictured)East2West

The blasts on the 12-mile crossing caused part of the road to collapse last yearEast2West

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Russia moves air defence systems to defend Vladimir Putin’s giant £3 billion Crimean Bridge, connecting the annexed peninsula to his territory.[/caption]

Meanwhile, a Russian Iskander-M missile hit a Ukrainian 56th separate motorised infantry brigade missile storage base at Krematorsk, Moscow sources claimed.

A HIMARS missile launcher, five Grad missiles, five tanks and up to 10 armoured combat vehicles were destroyed.

Last July, the specially-developed homegrown marine kamikaze drone called Sea Baby – loaded with 850 kg of explosives – caused structural damage to the Crimean Bridge.

Two blasts rang out on the 12-mile crossing in the early hours of the day as hordes of motorists travelled across it.

Dramatic images showed mangled and contorted metal barriers on the warped roadway, which is a major supply route for Putin’s troops fighting in Ukraine.

In October 2022, a bomb concealed in a truck exploded on the bridge, causing major damage.

Yet Russia has been able to continue using the crossing, which Ukraine has repeatedly vowed to destroy it.

Russia claimed to have destroyed a Ukrainian missile and artillery weapons depot in Kramatorsk