Isn’t Russia using that bridge for trains to bring in supplies (food and ammo) for their troops? If Ukraine could cut off all of Russia’s supply lines they could end the war.
No
The drones apparently targeted and controlled by US UK and/or NATO hit the civilian parallel bridge, killing 2 civilians and orphaning their child.
The train bridge continues to operate.
With the cost of the NATO/US assets that were monitoring the area, this prob cost us at least several million.
FYI, an analytical overview
https://twitter.com/Ramy_Sawma/status/1680927932951281667?s=20
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“Ukraine claims responsibility for new attack on key Crimea bridge” - CNN
Which by itself, doesn’t surprise anyone actually. But what one does feel intrigued about, is what do they actually achieve by doing so?!
Let’s state the known facts till now:
- First Images showed a partial collapse of a section of the roadway portion of the bridge, which is rarely used by the military. So that part of the bridge will only be out of order temporarily.
- The railroad side of the bridge was not affected & train traffic resumed shortly. So the main Russian Forces supply line (as the AFU claims) was not even affected.
- Two people were killed, and their young daughter seriously wounded, as a result of the attack. So no military casualties inflicted on the Russian Forces, only civilians.
- Many reports are circulating, as well as Flight tracking maps, showing an unusual high Western Aircrafts activity around Crimea, before & at the time of the attack. So this attack should be proven to have been carried out, with Western/NATO support (And maybe planned).
- Many sources, notably mostly Ukrainian ones, are claiming that the attack was carried out using the British REMUS 600 autonomous underwater robot with an additional load of explosives. So Russia can also consider this as an attack on its’ territory, carried out with a NATO weapon.
- Many Ukrainian (and western) officials, journalists & media figures, posted clear praises of what can only be considered as another clear Terrorist Attack, that targeted a civilian structure, & caused civilian casualties. So any retaliatory action from Russia, on any target they consider civilian is considered “Fair game” now.
- The attack on the Kerch bridge was definitely launched from the Black Sea, within which, an already shaky Grain Deal was being fulfilled. So now Russia has been given the best excuse to end the deal, which will definitely affect Europe & Ukraine the most.
- Many more voices are now sounding in Russia, calling for a harsher answer, going as far as calling for “Cutting Ukraine from the Sea” once and for all (Capturing Nikolaev & Odessa).
Bottom line, that besides the huge media op and praise of success that we all have seen afterwards, and besides it covering up for the major failures that are going on, in the AFU “Counter-Offensive” on all sectors, I really do not see anything that the Ukrainian could have achieved out of this attack.
Is another “The bridge is on fire” stamp worth it that much? They’ll see what they brought on themselves I guess...