Russian forces launched a overnight barrage of missiles and drones against Ukraine, including one Iskander-M missile and 43 drones, breaking the declared ceasefire.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported 43 drones and one Iskander-M missile launched on the night of May 8-9.

During the ceasefire, there were no large-scale airstrikes, though the Ukrainian Air Force reported Russian drone launches and the firing of one Iskander-M ballistic missile from occupied Crimea.

On Saturday, in the north of the Russia-occupied Ukrainian region Crimea, a covey of Ukrainian Begemot drones, swooped down and blew holes into a road bridge crossing a multiple-kilometer-wide swamp in the north of the territory. The drones’ 75-kilogram (165-pound) warheads blew at least meter-wide holes through the reinforced concrete road surface, in a moment shutting down one of only two major roads connecting the Black Sea peninsula and the Kremlin’s military bases there, and the Russian Federation mainland. Occupation authority officials said the route would not be repaired for around a month.

Images and audio published by the Ukrainian unit launching the attack, a picked strike unit called Code 9.2, said that the Begemot (Ukrainian: Бегемот = hippopotamus) drone caused serious damage because, in part, it had been designed to carry a heavier warhead than the competing Iranian Shahed drone, and that the warhead had been designed specifically to penetrate hard targets like roadway or armored aircraft shelters.

Kyiv Post researchers confirmed the fact of the strike and damage and the general presence of that unit in the vicinity. The Chongar causeway is about 112-124 miles (180-200 kilometers) from probable Ukrainian launch sites.