Ukraine releases footage of sea drone strike on Crimean Bridge

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense has released footage that appears to show an attack it carried out on a number of targets using sea drones.

The video shows the bridge moments before the impact of the 'Sea Baby' drone and then the explosion that follows the strike.

The Sea Baby is an experimental drone not only used to attack the bridge but also the Russian Olenegorsky Gornyak landing vessel, Ukraine has said.

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That attack happened in the Russian port of Novorossiysk, with the Ukrainian drone boat exploding 450kg of TNT as it hit the Olenegorsky Gornyak, according to reports at the time.

Russia denied the vessel was struck, claiming the drone boat was intercepted – however, in the video released by Ukraine, the boat appears to not come under fire.

The Crimean Bridge is held with pride by Russia after it was built in 2014 following the annexation of Crimea by Moscow.

It connects Crimea and Russia, making it of great strategic importance to the Kremlin, which has led to it being targeted on several occasions by Ukraine.