Bridging that gap will be quite the task, not quite as simple as going "bank to bank" across a river.
Presumably, a repair would entail restricting access further while being attempted.
Perhaps adjacent sections are compromised more than the images reveal.
Perhaps it will receive additional "treatment" from Ukraine.
Time for a new stamp:-
Breaking - Kerch bridge gone the way Of the dodo
Further to this post of mine last night the IAEA has just issued a preas release in the last few minutes that the plant lost it's last power line last night yet again at 1AM local time and is still on emergency generator support, that's nearly 13 hours now:-
I fear Zaporizhia NPP is a disaster just waiting to happen, not a case of if, but when, I really hope I'm wrong.
Can't see it happening anytime soon,know it's been badly damaged it might be just be HiMars time too
I expect a national effort from Russia to get the bridge into working order again, I'd say they'll have it going again in a relatively short period. Some speculated that a boat exploded and caused this.
Good thread here on the strategic implications of this:
Patron, the Talisman dog of Chernihiv did it 🐶
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Russians in this Telegram group are not happy
Having watched numerous videos of blasts in the past, I'm always amazed by the amount of people who watch and film inicidents like this through a glass window. Massive secondary explosions aren't uncommon.
With all the talk of the Kerch bridge it may have been overlooked that the Russian Rashist freight depot and railway lines in Ilovaisk were attacked at the same time:-
That's two primary Russian supply methods taken out together.
Cameras tend to compress perspective and make inclines look much steeper.
Roll on Christmas 🎅
"A queue at a gas station before entering Kerch in Crimea after reports of the suspension of traffic on the Crimean bridge as a result of an emergency"
Despite the rail bridge still standing it is likely structurally compromised, between the shock wave of the blast and the intense heat from the fire I wouldn't fancy being on anything going over it, especially something carrying heavy machinery, it may be standing now, but also very possible to collapse in due course especially when the fire is out and the temperature changes once more.
Possibly more Hybrid Warfare?
Isn't one carriageway of the bridge still passable?
The night time video showing a van reaching a steep incline in a bridge and then an explosion… is that an old video?
There doesn’t seem to be any incline in the day time videos showing the destruction.
The road bridge has only collapsed in one of the 2 directions, although presumably damaged in the other
And the rail part, although badly charred, is still standing and capable of holding the weight of the train so may not be structurally compromised.
So although, we would all love the bridge to be completely out of action, it might still be able to operate at a reduced capacity. If not immediately, perhaps after necessary inspections/repairs have been done.
From the scorch markings on the rail pillars, my money is on a single explosion in the truck, that caused a fire on the train. I wonder was the bomb that big that it solely caused the explosion or was it a small bomb on a munitions truck. It doesn't look like a fuel truck. I doubt if Ukraine employ any suicide truck bombers and I would be surprised if they placed a bomb on a civilian truck.
Any ideas on the contents of the train carriages? Although they are on fire, none of them exploded so I don't think they contain petroleum products. It does look like the bomb was remotely detonated though to occur when the train was beside. Too much of a co-incidence. I think that requires real time satellite intel from NATO ?
I think the bridge is the biggest insult they literally just cut off Crimea from Russia,this was putins vanity project
Trying to weight up the bigger insult to Putin, the bridge or the sinking of the Moskva? Possibly joint favourites.
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Not if they're launched from a Sub.
I actually think Russia has barely any nuclear capability left. Those things cost a fortune to maintain. They can't be just stockpiled and left in a bunker waiting to be used. Russian military hardware has been poorly maintained, and given that Nukes are only really valuable as a deterrent they may very well have let the maintenance slip on the vast majority of their warheads with maybe only a handful operational bombs.
And if the Russians were to use those they'd be more useful to blow up a chunk of uninhabited tundra to 'prove' that they still have capability and to remind the world of how devastating those weapons can be.
Lol
Old video posted here some time ago.
You'd wonder if the explosion was to coincide with the train full of fuel passing at the time. Seems very likely.
A lot of tech would have went into that. There are theories that there was a boat under the bridge or it was one of the cans that were passing in the video.
An unmanned boat, an unmanned truck? Elon Musk saying things this week that would have people questioning his support for Ukraine. Was it contrived? He's a clever man, he knew what reaction he would get.
A lot went into this and it doesn't seem like it was Ukraine alone.
It's early yet....
Craggy island would stop the wave. It's all propaganda.
Crimea's position is untenable now for Russia. The main supply route is buggered, the only other rail route in is within all Ukrainian artillery assets and is likely already out of commission. The water supply to the peninsula will probably be cut off soon given the speed Ukraine are taking territory back.
Basically if your Russian and your in Crimea or the Southern part of Ukraine now you're buggered!
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