Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine strikes bridge linking Kherson and Crimea, Russia-appointed officials say

We’ll bring you more information about the bridge attack in Kherson/Crimea as soon as we have it, but in the meantime some background.

Ukraine is determined to retake the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014. One of the key objectives of its recently launched counteroffensive is to cut off Russia’s so-called land bridge to Crimea and isolate…