Ukrainian officials and the military have repeatedly declared their intention to destroy the Crimean Bridge, considering it as a legitimate military target.[11][12] Thus, in August 2022, an adviser to the presidential office, Mykhailo Podolyak, said in an interview with The Guardian: "It's an illegal construction and the main gateway to supply the Russian army in Crimea. Such objects should be destroyed".[13] Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Marchenko [uk] stated that the bridge would become "target number one" as soon as Ukraine had weapons to attack it.[14]