Russia Uses “Barge Barrier” to Block Ukrainian Drones Near Kerch Bridge

Imagine your name is Sergei Korolev, the First Deputy Director of Russia’s powerful KGB-successor agency — the Federal Security Service (FSB).

In October of 2022, after the first major Ukrainian attack on Putin’s prized project, the Kerch Strait Bridge, Putin himself appointed you in charge of the bridge’s security.

Putin ordered the FSB to take charge of security measures for the strategic bridge after a truck bomb damaged the structure linking Russia to occupied Crimea and dealt a…