Russian tourists are snarling up military supply routes near Crimea, a report said.
The Institute for the Study of War described the Kerch bridge as one of two supply routes for Russian forces in southern Ukraine battling to resist a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Russian tourists in the resort town of Alushta on the Crimean peninsula on June 18, 2023.
Despite this, Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered Russian military vehicles to help ferry tourists to the location, it said.
In the wake of Sunday's attack, Putin urged tourists to avoid the Kerch bridge and instead take the route through occupied east Ukraine.
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