Ukraine blew a hole in a bridge and you’d think they just took Moscow!
Bridge is already open to trucks and traffic as well as trains.
But it sure makes the “mighty Russians” look pretty bad.
8.5 for style points.
Exactly.
Exactly. Sweet balls Marie..
Well thank god for this genius to tell me where the explosion was. I could have been searching around bootlessly for hours on Google maps and probably couldn’t have narrowed it down closer than 25 ft or so. /sarcasm
Party pooper. We were all having such fun gloating that finally Putin was at the end with no moves left except to blow the West to smithereens.
The Ukes haven’t taken Moscow!?
I’ll admit I haven’t been paying close attention, but from the tone of the US media coverage, I thought that was a done deal . . .
It will be hit again.
Would you want to be on it?
The Ukrainians are happy as this is a public and significant impact to the Russian war effort. At a minimum, bridge vehicle traffic throughput is reduced by 50%, there are unknown, but probable impacts to rail traffic.
Russia has clear logistical problems that limit their operational reach. This make those worse. So yes, the Ukrainians have plenty to be happy about.
More of a black eye than a deep wound, perhaps.
However, there’s likely to be hidden damage to the rebar & concrete in both the rail section and the remaining 1/2 the roadway, leading to accelerated fatigue with use*, and necessitating eventual replacement of the affected spans. How eventual would be the question.
*Granted it was early a.m., but I found the light traffic on the bridge interesting. These days, major but rural Interstate bridges in even my region (mid-South US) are typically much busier at that time.
Anyway, this does demonstrate one of the several strategic reasons why Pooty wants SE Ukraine, even though it means taking some considerable territory not pro-Russian: That bridge is just too vulnerable. If the Ukies had a proper weapons supply in general, instead of weak stream Biden, that bridge would be toast.