Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
Photos of the damage to the bridge can be seen at the link.
[ColonelCassad] The enemy, after powerful nighttime missile strikes by the RF Armed Forces, responded with strikes on the Chongar bridge.
As a result, I made holes in the bridge, one of the spans + the adjacent gas pipeline was damaged. 1 or 2 rockets fell side by side.
Repairs will take some time, traffic on the damaged bridge has been temporarily suspended, and work is also underway to restore gas supply to a nearby population where gas has disappeared.
It looks like there were no casualties. The bridge is likely to be launched again by September or earlier. To completely block it ala Antonovsky bridge, the enemy will have to repeat such attacks much more often, since HIMARS do not shoot to the bridge, and the cost of Storm Shadow or SCALP EG is about 2.5 million dollars a piece, with a limited number of such missiles. The main thing is to work out the process of sealing current and potential holes in the spans.
Of course, the temporary suspension of traffic on the Chongarsky bridge will increase the travel time from Crimea to the same Melitopol by about 1.5-2 hours.