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What happened to the Crimea bridge and why is it important? (www.aljazeera.com)

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Traffic on the single bridge that links Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea and serves as a key supply route for the Kremlin’s forces in the war with Ukraine came to a standstill on Monday after one of its sections was blown up, killing a couple and wounding their daughter.

The RBC Ukraine news agency reported that explosions were heard on the bridge, with Russian military bloggers reporting two strikes.

RBC Ukraine and another Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda said the attack was planned jointly by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian navy, and involved sea drones.

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[-] YellowBendyBoy@lemmy.world 139 points 1 year ago

Honey, how about we spice our family vacation up this year and go to a drought stricken stolen land near an active war zone?

[-] Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com 58 points 1 year ago

San Diego is nice this time of year.

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[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Let's drive over a military asset during a war! I wish no harm to any civilians but driving over this bridge isn't like chilling in a cafe in a city. You need to be either stupid or accepting of the risk to drive over this bridge.

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 120 points 1 year ago

At this point, any Russian families remaining in Crimea really should leave for their own safety. They know full well they live on stolen land.

[-] BloodForTheBloodGod@lemmy.ca 92 points 1 year ago

Many of them moved there as active contributors to the genocide in that region.

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[-] MindCap@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

Oh my the tankies don't like this at all.

[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If it weren't for Prigozhin and his Wagner mercenaries staging a mutiny against the Russian military, I would have cast serious doubt on Ukraine's counteroffensive succeeding. Regardless of what you think about the competency of the Russian armed forces, it can't be denied that Wagner are one of their few effective units in force.

Ukraine has remained boldly united in the face of a long and a bloody war on their own doorstep, whereas we've seen deteriorating Russian morale, both within the country's borders and on the frontlines.

At this rate I think that Zelenskyy will retake Crimea and the Donbas within months.

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[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fuck I blocked one troll and this entire thread literally decreased in size by more than half.

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[-] Hedup@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In pictures only one road span seems to be damaged. That would elave the other road with 2 lines and railroad with 2 lines still available. Could this really have an effect on the supply efforts beyond halving the maximum throughput? I don't imagine the bridge is constantly being used at maximum capacity.

[-] SomeoneElse@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I guess the whole thing could be structurally unsound now without it being visible from these photos.

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[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

With this bridge being the only link between Russian occupied Crimea and the Russian mainland, we can look forward to a loooooooot more attacks of this kind.

[-] Franfran2424@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago

nafo detected, opinion discarded

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[-] 52fighters@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

I heard the naval drone attached from inside the Azov Sea which shows Ukraine has done something very unexpected. How did the front get to the north side of the bridge?

[-] skillissuer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

if you look at the photos and map, you'll see that the span dropped was the one in the middle, that is the one carrying traffic from crimea to krasnodar. it's pretty unusual either way, whether drones got there from south or north

[-] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

I believe the reasoning is that this is the only bridge into and out of Crimea from the Russian side.

[-] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

What happened? Good thing happened.

[-] Blursty@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago

It achieved nothing but the killing of two innocent people and almost killing their daughter. What was good about it?

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