Russian officials claim that Ukraine has used long-range British missiles to attack a bridge connecting southern Ukraine to the Crimean peninsula.
According to Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed governor of occupied Kherson, the two parallel Chonhar bridges were both damaged, but no one was hurt.
According to him, a strike "ordered by London" most likely involved the use of British Storm Shadow missiles.
From Crimea to the southern front line, the bridge is the quickest route.
Along the coastal route from the Russian border through southern Ukraine to Crimea, it serves as a vital connection to the occupied city of Melitopol.
A gaping hole was visible in one of the two bridges in photos posted by Vladimir Saldo, but he assured users that repairs would be made right away and that temporary detours would be made for traffic.
Melitopol is believed to be one of the targets of Ukraine's counteroffensive, which started earlier this month in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia. Russia uses the road as a land bridge to reach Crimea.
In February of last year, Russian forces also invaded the southern coastal region of Ukraine after seizing the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.
Kherson, which is located north of the Dnipro River, was retaken by Ukraine last autumn. This month, a river dam was destroyed in a suspected Russian sabotage attack, making a Ukrainian offensive across the Dnipro much more challenging.
Ukraine's offensive has reportedly recaptured eight villages so far, despite making slow progress.
Overnight, Russian forces continued to attack Ukrainian cities, including a neighborhood in the president Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown of Kryvyih Rih and the southern port city of Odesa.
