Bushnell's Turtle
Posted on 10/09/2022 5:32:28 AM PDT by dennisw
They will inspect structural integrity of bridge and look for more evidence Russia blamed the explosion on a truck bomb and is trying to identify its driver But a mysterious wave underneath the bridge was seen moments before blast The clip aroused suspicions that the bridge was targeted by a Ukrainian craft
Russian frogmen are now examining the damage left by a powerful blast on the Kerch bridge to Crimea that is a prestigious symbol of Moscow's annexation of the peninsula and a key supply route to forces battling in southern Ukraine.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said the divers would start work in the morning, with a more detailed survey above the waterline expected to be complete by day's end, Russian news agencies reported.
The team will inspect the bridge's foundations for structural integrity and will search for further evidence in relation to the blast, which killed three people.
'The situation is manageable - it's unpleasant, but not fatal,' Crimea's Russian governor Sergei Aksyonov assured reporters before threatening to retaliate over the blast.
'Of course, emotions have been triggered and there is a healthy desire to seek revenge,' he said.
The bridge is a major artery for the Russian forces that control most of southern Ukraine's Kherson region and for the Russian naval port of Sevastopol. But Rail traffic was restored to the bridge late last night, meaning it is unlikely the destruction will dramatically hinder Russian supply routes.
Saturday's explosion on the bridge over the Kerch Strait prompted gleeful messages from Ukrainian officials, though no claim of responsibility.
But a mysterious 'wave' which appeared under the bridge moments before it was blown up has fuelled speculation that Ukrainian special services used a boat or explosive-laden drone to launch an attack to damage Putin's supply lines.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I saw a video of the explosion, it was really big.
They probably killed some civilians that were crossing in vehicles.
Pooty Poot had a conniption over this, he bopped Shoigu a few times with his cane.
Bushnell's Turtle
PIF called it first. It was a boat.
Speaking of demolitions, how’s the investigation into Nord Stream 2 going? Have they found the culprit? Are they looking very hard?
CSS Hunley
Probably. War is hell.
Lord knows the Russians have killed lots of lots of civilians since they invaded.
Did anyone think that perhaps the Ukrainians blew up the Nord Stream pipelines? Some have blamed Russia, Some have blamed the US, but the ones that would be the biggest winners would be Ukraine, by blaming Russia, they can play Russia and the US against each other and acquire billions more in arms.
Putin had the Nord Stream pipes blown up. He has his own devious logic why. That I sure as heck do not know.
Rich coming from the same FR propaganda peddlers that continually peddled that the Russians were shelling and attacking themselves in the ZNPP, that the Russians were pulling and collecting gold teeth and fillings via an alleged ‘torture chamber,’ etc., etc. And I could go on. But you keep doing your peddling, cause that what you and others that crawl within the bowels of FR will incessantly do.
Doctor Doom from “The Great Race”.
they need to xray that bridge, the amount of heat on that bridge could have compromised the internal structure, if they are putting fully loaded trains it might only be a matter of time before it falls apart.
Cars/Traffic rolling on it now.
Trains rolling on it now.
Get ZelenskyyIdiot to try again.
Err, wait, get the Russians to try again cause it is apparent that it is they that were trying to take out their own bridge.....
Yer post gets a clown rating of minus 13. You are in the sub basement for today.
According to the article, only three people in a car near the suspected truck died from the explosion. Maybe it is just poor writing, but this implies that the truck driver survived, which is hard to believe.
It had been on other sites well before it reached FR.
Your job is to peddle propaganda; keep up with your task, peddler.
Chop. Chop.
I would suspect that the rebar in that concrete is no longer useable. I don’t know how you would fix that.
I see that happening more and more - FR isn’t staying current as it use to. But it’s still good to hear what folks here have to say about the headlines etc. It’s like talking with neighbors for the most part.
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