The Russians have controlled every inch of the coastline along it since the full-scale invasion in 2022, and access to it is through only one narrow channel called the Strait of Kerch (thus the Kerch Bridge), which runs between Crimea and Russia.
It appears traffic through the Kerch Strait has come to a halt ...It's connected to the Black Sea by the Strait of Kerch where the arrows are pointing. That's where Putin built the Kerch bridge seen in the photo at the top of this post.
Smokescreens seen covering part of the KerchBridge in June ... Over the past week, drones and missiles have damaged Russian infrastructure, vehicles, and energy sites.Smoke billowing up in Kerch after an attack on a Russian oil facility, June 23, 2026.
Ukraine has launched another attack on the ferry crossing at Kerch Strait, forcing the operator to shut it down and divert military truck traffic onto ....