Who will guard the Kerch bridge. Marine brigade: how the protection of the Crimean bridge will be organized. 5 billion for system installation

Crimean bridge at night

My dear readers, today is a story about how the Crimean bridge is guarded. The bridge is being built at an accelerated pace, construction teams are working in shifts day and night. There are rumors that the bridge will be commissioned ahead of schedule, of course, this is joyful, I think both Russians and Crimeans are happy, although we are also Russians.

But thoughts come that not everyone is happy about the completion of such a huge construction project, there is a certain number of people who are far from happy with this construction site, but, as they say, “eyes prick”. There are certain people who still do not believe that the bridge is being built. In a previous article, I talked about the trip of Crimean bloggers to the construction site of the century - to the Crimean bridge under construction, they climbed there, jumped on the bridge, they showed everyone that the bridge exists, it is under construction. I have a video posted in the article " ". I do not know whether or not those who still did not believe were convinced. Well, yes, this is not the worst thing, it is much worse that there are people hatching plans for the destruction of the Crimean bridge. There are such people, and these are the problems of Crimea, although not only Crimea, this bridge is needed by all of Russia. How are bridge protection problems solved? In Crimea, created special unit to guard the Crimean bridge under construction, then, after the construction is completed, this unit will continue to guard the finished bridge. The division of the marine brigade for the protection of the Crimean bridge is part of the Federal troops of the National Guard and is equipped with unique technical means. There are night vision aids, there are underwater vision aids, and many others that are not known to us, and they will not be shown to us. Yes, we don’t need to know all the intricacies of protecting the bridge, I’m sure that they are ultra-modern and reliable, as well as the people who will protect it. It is planned to install Russian hydroacoustic systems to protect the bridge, which will allow to find the direction of the intruder. Such systems are produced by a subsidiary of the concern - the Atoll Research Institute. This institute specializes in the methods of hydroacoustic, radar, optical-thermal imaging detection of illegal actions in the protection of water and near-water facilities. Now these systems are used to protect hydroelectric dams, protecting them from unauthorized intrusion and possible illegal actions. As you can see, there are wonderful Russian funds protection and we do not need foreign.

Modern watercraft are also being purchased, for example, the Grachenok anti-sabotage boats, however, their delivery date is November 2019. These boats are specially designed to combat sabotage and terrorist forces. Director of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov told how the Crimean bridge is guarded. He explained that the boats were equipped with: “the IC Mostik-21980 system”, the MG-757 Anapa sonar for detecting underwater sabotage forces and means, the Falcon remote-controlled underwater vehicle with a working depth of up to 300 meters. There is a search and survey complex "Kalmar" that allows you to explore the bottom surface at a depth of up to 200 meters at a boat speed of up to 8 knots. The boat is equipped with a ship diving complex with a pressure chamber (SVK), designed to provide diving descents during rescue, underwater technical and other types of underwater work.

“The armament of each boat consists of a marine pedestal machine gun mount (MTPU) with an installed 14.5 mm KPVT machine gun, a 98U small-sized remote-controlled anti-sabotage grenade launcher system, a DP-64 Nepryadva hand-held double-barreled anti-sabotage grenade launcher and 4 Igla portable anti-aircraft missile systems. -1". And now there is a group of military scuba divers on the bridge.

These are the times now, it is not enough to build, and it is necessary to protect. Although there have always been such times, only the threat of terrorist attacks was once less, sometimes more. I remember Soviet films about spies, border violators, now they seem naive and funny, but the people who lived at that time were also under the threat of terrorist attacks. I think we should not worry, the problem of how to protect the Crimean bridge will be solved. How quickly time flies, most recently I wrote about the beginning of the construction of the Crimean bridge, (you can read) and now it is already more than half built. Not far off is the day when the first car and the first train will solemnly cross the bridge, someone will be very lucky, someone will be the first passenger of this train.

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Our Kerch bridge made Ukraine fight in hysterics

The West must immediately stop the construction of the Kerch bridge. This, according to the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, was stated by the head of the department Vladimir Omelyan.

“The illegal construction of the bridge must be urgently stopped, and this is only possible under pressure from Ukraine’s international partners and additional sanctions against Russia as a state, against companies and individuals who are involved in illegal construction,” Omelyan said.

According to him, the construction of structures in the Kerch Strait directly affects the transport infrastructure and economy of Ukraine, in particular, the number of ship calls and cargo turnover in the seaports of Mariupol and Berdyansk are reduced, and the loading of grain terminals is decreasing.

According to the data announced by the Ukrainian minister, the port of Berdyansk is losing 448.7 thousand tons of cargo traffic, and the shortfall in port dues by the end of the year will amount to 206 thousand dollars. The Mariupol port, according to him, in 2017 loses 705,000 tons of cargo traffic, and the amount of lost port dues will be $130,000.

Omelyan also said that Ukraine is a maritime power, "it has always been, is and will be." "It's a matter of maritime trade missions Kievan Rus starting from the 10th century and the glorious Cossack naval campaigns of Hetman Sahaidachny and other legendary hetmans,” the minister said.

Recall that earlier in September, a representative of the so-called. "Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea" Gunduz Mammadov said that the damage to Ukraine from the construction of the Crimean bridge is more than 10 billion hryvnia (22 billion rubles). “We are preparing the appointment of environmental engineering expertise,” he said.

Then the President Petro Poroshenko ordered to send a lawsuit to Russia because of the "environmental damage" from the construction of the Crimean bridge.

June 21 Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Yuri Lavrenyuk stated that the construction of the structure would lead, in particular, to a significant reduction in ship calls in seaports Mariupol and Berdyansk, reducing their cargo turnover, as well as the profitability of metallurgical enterprises in the region. The official also complained that Russia did not consult with Kiev about the construction of the structure. In early August, it became known that Kyiv was preparing a lawsuit against Russia in connection with the above losses for the Azov ports. We also remind you that the construction of the bridge is ahead of schedule. On November 21, builders connected the spit and Tuzla Island.

Some incomprehensible minister of an incomprehensible order - the government does not dare to call this gang a language - turned to an equally incomprehensible "world community". Why not alien civilizations? - asks a question Chief Editor FORUM. Moscow time Anatoly Baranov. - In general, all this happened at some incomprehensible conference in Kyiv, with reference to some incomprehensible "law" - well, maybe a person drank? Maybe those who adopted some kind of “law” also drank? People often drink in Ukraine, this is normal. And now there are problems with lard - they drank, but did not eat. I'm not even mocking - look at the minister's arguments, some sea ​​routes, laid by the Cossacks and Hetmans ... I believe that Russia should guarantee the unhindered passage under the bridge to the Cossacks and Hetmans upon presentation of appropriate international certificates. There should be a sign posted on the bridge. And the incident will be over.

"SP": - How dangerous is the bridge for Ukraine in reality?

Nothing. Ukraine simply does not have ships of such a tonnage that could not pass under the Kerch bridge. And for foreign ships there are restrictions on tonnage and size when passing through the Bosporus and the Dardanelles - there is the Montreux Convention, just recognized by the world community.

"SP": - What measures from the international community can expect Kyiv? Are hopes for new sanctions justified?

It's not clear what should be reacted to. international community? To the drunken chatter of the conference participants in Kyiv? I don't recall that international sanctions were ever imposed for the construction of infrastructure facilities in disputed territories. Here, for example, Turkey recently laid a water pipeline on the seabed to Northern Cyprus, where there are problems with water. Northern Cyprus has been a disputed territory for 40 years, but no one has yet demanded that the Turks destroy the water supply and leave the unrecognized republic without water.

"SP": - How important is this bridge for Russia? Are there any sanctions that could force Moscow to abandon it?

This bridge is necessary condition development of Crimea, even regardless of whose jurisdiction the peninsula belongs to. Plans for the construction of the bridge existed for a long time, and in the Soviet period, and Luzhkov suggested that Ukraine build this bridge "on a par" with Moscow. Now Russia is building it on its own, and there is no doubt that the construction will be completed sooner or later. And so far there is no case in the world practice that someone was forced to destroy such an object, based on some kind of chicanery claims. By and large, this would be wild barbarism - and no one will agree to this, of course. Except for Ukraine, but this sub-state has nothing more than a tinned throat, and never will under such leadership.

"SP": - Is it possible to expect that Kyiv will not limit itself to appeals to the world community and will try to stop the construction of the bridge in some other way?

Kyiv will entertain for a long time global community different claims. Shut down America and all that. Well, maybe not America, but Russia - although they already have claims against Poland and Hungary. Coming soon to America too. Power in the country was seized by a brigade of clowns, and evil clowns Like a Stephen King horror movie. Evil but funny. But these are not real seizures - it's like the difference between an epileptic seizure and a hysterical one. The epileptic will fall and can hurt himself badly, but the hysteric will never, will convulse, foam from the mouth, but will fall gently.

To really interfere with the construction is to run into a military response, they are afraid of this, of course. Yes, and with cries - as long as they give money from overseas for hysterical seizures, they will convulse, they will stop paying for "non-artistic amateur performances" - everything will stop right there. By the way, they mined the entire coast from Novoazovsk and beyond. This, interestingly, does not interfere with navigation? And then the mines come off during storms, then they float freely - it doesn’t interfere, no? This is a real threat to shipping, and not only Ukrainian. Here, at the very first collision of a Russian ship with a free-floating Ukrainian mine, I would appeal to the UN Security Council with a demand to forcibly clear mines Azov coast. Here would be the answer.

All statements by the Ukrainian side on Crimea have several standard reasons, - I'm sure political scientist Ivan Mezyuho. - Firstly, Ukrainian politicians raise the topic of Crimea for internal propaganda. Secondly, the topic of Crimea is periodically raised by Ukraine in order to remind the world community about itself, which, in fact, has come to terms with Russian status Crimea. Thirdly, the official statements of Ukrainian officials on the Crimean issue form the basis of the ongoing anti-Russian sanctions by the West.

In general, the very fact that they already recognize the construction of the bridge is pleasing - this is already good, because in the early years of Crimea being part of Russia, the Ukrainian media told their citizens that the construction of the Kerch bridge was a “fake”, propaganda informational PR Moscow action.

"SP": - What are these "historical sea routes" that were laid in the past by "legendary Cossacks and hetmans"? What significance do they have today?

What exactly the minister said to the Ukrainians - only he himself knows. Perhaps he meant the military campaigns of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks on the "seagulls". True, in those days no Ukraine existed.

"SP": - Are Omelyan's fears about damage justified? Will the bridge really hit the Ukrainian economy?

Ukrainian ports on the Sea of ​​Azov are not the largest, however, Ukrainian ships can pose a potential danger to the bridge across the Kerch Strait. We don’t have 100% confidence that Ukraine will not supply any boat with explosives and will not try to blow it up near the bridge? There are many madmen and vassals of Western states in the leadership of Ukraine who can carry out such an order. So that Ukrainian ports on the Sea of ​​Azov do not potentially suffer economic losses as a result of the operation of the Kerch Bridge, it is time for Kyiv to stop sending its saboteurs and spies to Crimea.

"SP": - And what about the "world community" to which Omelyan addresses? Why did it not pay attention to the bridge before and will it now?

It is possible that some Western countries will someday speak out on this topic. Today, I have the impression that this topic does not arouse any special interest among the “world community”.

The Crimean bridge will be covered with a shield

The Russian military and special services are preparing to repel a sabotage attack on the Crimean bridge, which has already been announced in Ukraine. Patrol boats and combat swimmers have been relocated to the facility area. The bridge itself is equipped with additional protection.

The main responsibility for the safety of the "road of life" is assigned to the peninsula to the National Guard. The service is ready to use a platoon of sea boats stationed in Crimea to protect the bridge, which consists of three vessels (two small patrol boats of project 04024 "Afalina" and one "Strizh-4D"), but will soon be deployed to the detachment. The leadership of the Russian Guard has already agreed with the Zelenodolsk shipbuilding plant on the construction of four Grachonok anti-sabotage boats that will patrol the waters in the Kerch Strait, Svobodnaya Pressa reports.

Each "Rook" is equipped heavy machine gun KPVT and four portable anti-aircraft missile systems "Igla-1". Main caliber such a boat is the DP-65 small-sized remote-controlled anti-sabotage grenade launcher system and the DP-64 "Nepryadva" double-barreled anti-sabotage grenade launcher. Within a radius of 400 m from the boat, they are able to exterminate all life under water.

The approaches to the bridge on the water will be guarded by combat swimmers Russian Guard. A similar unit was formed in the internal troops back in 2008, and in December 2016, representatives of the Russian Guard agreed with the administration of Kerch to allocate several sites around the city for the construction of military camps. One of them will be located right on the seashore.

In addition, the city authorities offered the National Guard to occupy the empty building of the former Ukrainian frontier post on the island of Tuzla, through which the Crimean bridge is being laid. Tuzla is closer to Taman than to Crimea, but still it is easier to control both banks from here. Best place for basing combat swimmers of the Russian Guard in the vicinity simply does not exist.

In addition to the forces of the Russian Guard, the bridge will be guarded by high-speed anti-sabotage patrols boat project 03160 "Raptor". Each one is equipped with a universal remote-controlled combat module "Uprava-Kord" with a caliber of 14.5 mm and two machine guns 6P41 "Pecheneg" with a caliber of 7.62 mm. In September, they were transferred from Sevastopol to the Kerch region.

Serious security measures are taken at the construction site. Special engineering barriers have been installed at all construction sites of the Crimean Bridge. Equipped with 30 access posts. More than 120 video cameras with the possibility of long-term data storage conduct round-the-clock monitoring. The control of cargoes brought to the construction site is carried out by mobile inspection complexes at specially equipped sites on both sides of the strait.

Soon they will stand guard over the bridge complex hydroacoustic systems, developed by the Morinformsystem-Agat concern. Among them, perhaps, will be the Amulet-P hydroacoustic warning device. When divers are detected, it first turns on the alarm with the requirement to leave the territory. If this does not work, the intensity sound signal rises to a pain threshold that a person is not able to withstand. He either gives up or dies.

In a word, a line of defense in depth against attack from the air, from land, from the surface of the sea, and from sea ​​depths. All potential attacks on the facility will be reflected, military experts are sure.

NTV: "Sabotage" in the Kerch Strait

The Kerch bridge will be guarded by four anti-sabotage "Rooks"

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The destruction of neo-Banderism and aggressive Ukrainian nationalism is Russia's top priority

Konstantin Mochar

Recently, I already asked myself, and all my readers, a question in the article of the same name. And least of all I was going to write its continuation - I hate serials - Mexican and others like them, endlessly intriguing and endlessly pouring "from empty to empty", as if their only goal is the desire of the creators to tie the viewer to TV longer. As if the accomplices of the creators at this time should "quietly" ransack the apartment, quietly stealing from the audience.

Although, probably, it is true - they steal, most of all through advertising things that the viewer does not need, which the viewers, thanks to this advertisement, will still buy. However, if closer to the topic - the reader's most disturbing comment, along with pride both for Russia and for such an unprecedented bridge, as well as anxiety for its prosperous fate, made me return to the recent topic again.

In the previous article about the vulnerability of the Crimean bridge, everything revolved around possible rocket strikes- Ukrainian - on the bridge, and ours - on the windows of the Kyiv generals. Therefore, we will try to close the issue with the missiles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine definitively.

As we know, of the more or less serious missiles, the former Ukraine only had "Tochka-U" from the Soviet legacy. I also agree with the opinion of my colleagues that "after a salvo on the Tochka-U bridge, Russia will put an end to (former) Ukraine," and sooner than expected. Moreover, in the Donbass, these missiles "hit anywhere, in residential areas, in wastelands, they fell in an open field and did not even always explode"

And there is also the Alder missile, which is a modified projectile from the Smerch MLRS. It looks like it is controlled by all-moving stabilizers. But since the rocket is thin and, as a result, will not withstand strong overloads, we can talk about it not so much as a controlled one, but as an adjustable one.

It was also supposed "Thunder" - operational-tactical missile system based on solid fuel ballistic missile, developed by the Yuzhnoye design bureau. For a very long time they have been talking about the Grom-2 rocket, which is "just about" to appear, but still does not appear.

In addition, "the development and even successful testing does not at all mean the possibility of adopting any model. Ukraine does not have an ammunition industry of this required profile. Of course, you can make two prototypes, even three or four, but about to produce them, in the words of N.S. Khrushchev, “like sausages”, that is, in series, now there can be no question.” Moreover, we already spoke last time about the S-400, which reliably guard the Crimean bridge, the entire Crimea, and the entire Russian territory.

However, here is a comment under the article "Is the Crimean bridge really vulnerable to enemy strikes?" incredibly excited me and forced me to return to this topic (my version): Ivan Ivanovich: "They can stupidly load a couple of sea containers in the port onto some vessel and bang 40 tons of explosives under the bridge."

Because you can really come up with a lot of ways, after using one of them, the Crimean bridge will really not stand. There is also a theory of probability, and any security systems are struggling not with the cause, but with the effect.

The reason is a very specific need, expressed in the need for every "Ukrainian" inhabitant of the former Ukraine to destroy this bridge (who so shamefully, for so long believed in the impossibility of building it!). And also - shameful for the Ukrainian "flight" of the Crimea in more rich Russia, from the territory in which it remains. And also - inspired from the outside, through Russophobia telezombie, hatred for Russia, for Russians, hatred of that part of the inhabitants who relatively recently were themselves Russians, in a broad sense - the descendants of the inhabitants of Novaya, and Malaya (or Southern), and Subcarpathian, and Galician Rus'.

And since most of these descendants (or their parents) had a Soviet upbringing, then, no matter how they deny this, they, along with frustration, will also have a sense of their own betrayal, deeply hidden inside.

Of course, any person, due to at least the influence of the instinct of self-preservation, seeks to quickly get rid of a mentally traumatic emotional and moral state, to bring himself into a psychologically balanced state. But, alas, in search of a psychological compensator for all this terrible "bouquet", a person usually drives himself into a corner even more - more often he comes up with false justifications for the correctness of his previous actions, further aggravating the situation with new, even more vile actions. No wonder they say that there is no worse hatred than the hatred of a traitor - that is why they often drink too much, get on drugs or even commit suicide.

Moreover, to this complex "bouquet" an inferiority complex is inevitably added, caused by "smallness" ("Little Russia") and "outskirts" ("outskirts-Ukraine"), the psychological compensator of which inevitably becomes the so-called Ukrainian nationalism.

And all this is superimposed on the "fresh" problem of Crimea for the inhabitants of the former Ukraine. After all, it is aggravated for them by the fact that mentally these people are noticeably more owners than other Russians. So from the very time when the Crimea sailed back to Russia, a huge resentment jumped over their brains: “How dare they take away what we are already accustomed to consider as ours ?!”

In connection with all of the above - and a terrible combination of complexes, nationalism and a sense of personal betrayal, and a sense of resentment from the "stolen Crimea" - there is a huge need for the destruction of the Crimean bridge. But even Marx very correctly said that if there is a need, it will be realized - sooner or later, one way or another.

That's why the phrase comes to mind: the best remedy from dandruff - removing the head. "Only in this case, this is not a joke, not playful wisdom, but a" harsh reality "- while the former Ukraine is alive, the terrible needs of the unfortunate carriers of Ukrainianism are also alive. And, therefore, they must be saved from this misfortune, and get rid of a very specific threat to the existence of the Crimean Bridge, a threat that is felt much more acutely than the immanent, but centuries-old and non-specific, need of our global enemies to destroy Russia, Russians, Slavs and Orthodoxy.

And since any reason is complex, now we have seen another weight-cause in Everest of other equally weighty reasons that should lead us to an understanding - the former Ukraine and Ukrainians need to be denazified as quickly as possible.

However, after this destruction of neo-Banderism, it is easy to heal all the former residents of the former Ukraine who did not have time to become criminals. More precisely, they will heal themselves "automatically" as soon as radical Ukrainianism as a concept disappears, as soon as all regions of the former Ukraine become federal districts Russia or their parts, as soon as people are razzombirovany tele-impact, opposite in sign previously applied to them.

When it is very specific, for each "fake" "knowledge" about "hostile and aggressive" Russia, a very detailed, very factual explanation will be given. At the same time, of course, each new resident of Russia, a former resident of the former Ukraine, will remain loyal to the Russian government (as he was, alas, loyal to the recent neo-Bandera, anti-people government).

A little later, as soon as he begins to feel like a resident, a citizen of vast Russia, gradually and completely imperceptibly, he will overflow with pride in this. And little by little, understanding will come, the feeling that he is as Russian as other Russians, albeit a little and with an “accent”. And in it, this new Russian, along with the disappearance of the inferiority complex, Ukrainian nationalism will completely disappear (the cause disappears - its consequence disappears.

After that, the new citizen new Russia he will sincerely rejoice both at the Crimea, which has blossomed incredibly in his native harbor, and at the Crimean bridge, so comfortable, beautiful and majestic...

A new formation will appear in the structure of the Russian Guard, whose duties will include the protection of the Crimean bridge. According to existing plans, in 2019 the transport crossing will connect the peninsula and mainland Russia with a bus road and a railway track.

“In order to solve the tasks assigned to the Russian Guard to ensure the safety of the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait, a new formation will have to be formed - a naval brigade,” said Director of the Russian Guard Viktor Zolotov, speaking at a meeting in the Federation Council.

According to him, the employees of the department have accumulated quite a lot of experience in the field of ensuring the security of objects of strategic importance. According to Zolotov, 74 important state facilities are under the protection of the Russian Guard.

As part of the implementation of the Crimean Bridge project, more than half of the construction work has already been completed. Igor Astakhov, deputy head of the Federal Road Agency of the Russian Federation, announced this on Wednesday. In the summer, the builders carried out two key operations: they installed the road and railway arches of the bridge.

The first piles in the bottom of the Kerch Strait began to be driven in the spring of 2016. The general contractor Stroygazmontazh expects that the highway across the Kerch Strait will open on December 18, 2018, and Railway— December 1, 2019. The bridge will stretch for 19 km and will be the longest in Russia.

Scuba Diving Squad

In mid-September 2016, the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov announced that in project documentation bridge there is a section on anti-terrorist security.

Shortly before this, information appeared in the media that the National Guard was planning to create a detachment of combat scuba divers, whose tasks would include repelling saboteur attacks and searching for explosives. In addition, combat divers must defuse World War II munitions. Patriotic War and drive away divers from the piles of the bridge.

Scuba divers of the Russian Guard will be provided with special small arms(in particular, the ADS rifle-grenade launcher system), high-speed anti-sabotage boats and surveillance equipment that are capable of monitoring the sea depths.

On the boats of the Russian Guard (presumably project 21980 "Rook"), special reconnaissance vehicles will be installed that will allow detecting enemy manpower and underwater targets.

On March 30, 2017, Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Georgy Muradov stated that the security of the Crimean bridge would be controlled by "all forces, including the military component" and special services.

Viktor Murakhovsky, editor-in-chief of Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, believes that the Crimean bridge will be mainly protected from saboteurs. The establishment of a naval brigade means that the Russian Guard will focus on protecting the water area, including monitoring the underwater situation.

“In addition to boats, autonomous underwater vehicles, high-resolution sonar systems and stationary surveillance equipment will be involved that will monitor the situation around the bridge day and night,” Murakhovsky said in an interview with RT.

As Murakhovsky clarified, the Crimean bridge is a strategic object of the first category, which implies the adoption of special measures to protect against "active external influence."

The expert believes that the state will also provide air defense transport crossing. According to Murakhovsky, they will cope with this task anti-aircraft systems"Buk" and "Tor", as well as several radar stations.

Protection from Ukraine

Meanwhile, ensuring the security of the Crimean bridge is no longer a theory, but work days Russian special services. In Crimea, FSB officers regularly identify spies and saboteurs who were trained by the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

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So, on August 12, 2017, the FSB detained Gennady Limeshko, a native of the Kharkiv region. During interrogation, he confessed that he had undergone reconnaissance and sabotage training. The Ukrainian had to report to the curators about the de-energization of the coastal Sudak.

Ukrainian authorities claim that the Crimean bridge poses threats to national security. Kyiv fears that the transport crossing will restrict the movement of ships from Mariupol and Berdyansk, located on the Sea of ​​Azov.

Experts from the Center for Research on the Army, Conversion and Disarmament (Kyiv) believe that Russia's actions are "exclusively military-political in color, form a new field of socio-economic risks of stagnation in the Ukrainian Sea of ​​Azov,<…>raise threats in the context of the land corridor to the occupied Crimea.”

Sergey Goncharov, president of the association of veterans of the Alpha anti-terror unit, said in an interview with RT that Russia's Crimean bridge would have to be protected primarily from encroachments by Ukraine. In his opinion, the National Guard is able to cope with this task.

“Kyiv will do everything possible to prevent the construction, and with the help of sabotage, prevent the operation of this bridge. However, the Russian Guard has specially trained fighters to reliably protect the Kerch Bridge, ”concluded Goncharov.

The water area of ​​the Black Sea around the construction of the Crimean bridge is overgrown with military facilities. The Russian authorities are pulling combat ships and radio systems to the construction site to protect against any possible threats. We tell you who guards the "construction of the century" and the surrounding area.

On the Kerch bridge Russian authorities organize access control. All its land sections will be surrounded by a fence, and at the entrances to the bridge - on the Kerch, Taman banks and Tuzla Island - checkpoints will be installed to inspect vehicles and citizens.

And the other day, RIA Novosti Krym reported that from the first days, patrol boats of the border service of the FSB of Russia have been watching the construction of the Crimean bridge. Military ships are located off the coast of Kerch.

Patrol boat "Sobol" commanded by Alexey Saulin from Kostroma - a graduate of the Coast Guard Institute of the FSB of Russia in Anapa. He told reporters that he himself wanted to go to serve in Kerch: “I chose on my own where I would serve, and went to the Crimea. I was in my fourth year when Crimea returned to Russia in 2014, and I immediately decided for myself that I would come to serve here.” According to Saulin, his crew guards the state border of Russia, internal sea ​​waters and the future bridge across the Kerch Strait, and is also fighting local poachers.

According to RIA Krym, a Russian vessel of the Lamantin project with a carrying capacity of 112 tons is also being tested off the coast of Kerch. It can work up to ten days offline.

And behind the lighthouse on Cape Lantern there is a radio technical post, says acting. head of department in Bagerovo Vladislav Kochubey. The Russian military is watching the ongoing Kerch Strait from it - including with the help of thermal imagers. “We control the ships that pass through the section, and, thanks to the location of the checkpoint, we can monitor the situation in the area of ​​the Kerch ferry crossing, a transport crossing through the Kerch Strait,” he says.

Other military vessels and units are also connected to the protection of the Kerch Strait, Russian officials say.

Underwater robots and marine crews with machine guns

The bridge across the Kerch Strait is guarded Russian army and special services, said in March last year, the permanent representative of the Crimea under the President of Russia Georgy Muradov. "Safety (bridge - KR) will be provided by all forces, including the military and security services,” he told the Russian media.

According to former first deputy commander in chief Navy Russia, admiral Igor Kasatonov, special units of the Black Sea Fleet will be involved in the defense of the Crimean bridge. “Issues of protection and defense of the bridge have been transferred to the Novorossiysk base. In the future, the bridge will be guarded by special units, the fleet will be responsible for security from the sea,” he says.

In September last year, Izvestia, citing unnamed sources, reported that the Russian special services in the Kerch Strait tested Penguin autonomous surface-underwater robotic systems, which are supposedly capable of detecting explosive devices and enemy divers. The publication writes that the tests were carried out successfully, the issue of the supply of these complexes is being decided.

To protect the bridge across the Kerch Strait, a new military formation will also be attracted - a naval brigade, says the head of the National Guard Victor Zolotov: "In the newly created Southern District of Troops, a new formation is to be formed - a naval brigade." According to Zolotov, representatives of the National Guard are already guarding child Center"Artek" and energy bridge in the area of ​​the Kerch Strait.

The naval brigades may include units of combat swimmers who will search for ammunition from the Second World War and carry out special operations in the depths of the Black Sea, Zvezda reports, citing unnamed experts:

“According to experts, in order to neutralize intruders under water, combat swimmers of the Russian Guard can receive weapons - ADS submachine guns, PSS pistols and special watercraft for fast movement under water, similar to those that will be included in the armament of the PDSS fighters of the Navy.”

Hydroacoustic systems

Zvezda experts note that in order to suppress and quickly intercept violators at sea, the Russian Guard is going to order four anti-sabotage boats of Project 21980 Grachonok.

The Russian television channel TVC reports that in the waters of the Kerch Strait there are landing craft of project 03160 "Raptor" - these are the fastest sea ​​vessels Russian Navy.

Director for the development of civil products and innovations of the Morinformsystem-Agat concern Stanislav Chui in October he said that special sonar systems could be installed to protect the bridge in the Kerch Strait. Chui notes that they will help not only to detect the intruder, but also to transfer the data necessary for his detention. This system is used for water bodies Russia.

Victoria Veselova