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Ukrainians are posing with a giant postage stamp depicting the blown up bridge linking Russia and Crimea
Business Insider India ^ | October 10, 2022 | Katie Balevic

Posted on 10/11/2022 3:34:04 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007

Ukrainians are celebrating and posing next to a giant postage stamp depicting the Crimea bridge explosion on Saturday that severely damaged the sole road route from Russia to Crimea.

An explosion damaged the 12-mile Kerch Straight Bridge, which has been an essential supply route for Russian forces invading southern Ukraine, according to Reuters. Russian officials said a fuel tank explosion at about 6 a.m. on Saturday left a portion of the bridge collapsed, though parts of it have since reopened to traffic.

In Kyiv, Ukrainians celebrated by posing with an oversize postage stamp depicting the bridge explosion.

Though the country has not taken credit for the explosion, some in Ukraine hinted that the timing of the explosion coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin's 70th birthday. The bridge was a proud symbol of his illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, according to The Washington Post.

The leader of Ukraine's postal service tweeted Saturday that "coming soon," the agency would issue a new stamp that says, "Crimean Bridge - Done."

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.in ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: crimea; kerchbridge; russia; ukraine
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Stuff like this is not the behavior of someone who had nothing to do with the explosion in question.
1 posted on 10/11/2022 3:34:04 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Prepare for more inbound rockets.
Taunting an angry tyrant typically doesn’t end well.


2 posted on 10/11/2022 3:36:49 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

The bridge was not blown up. Some tarmac was damaged and repaired in a few hours. 3 people died including the saboteur. Bridge was reopened the next day. BTW the fire was some train cars carrying petro.


3 posted on 10/11/2022 3:38:56 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Seek refuge in Christ. He is your sword and shield.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Putin wanted a war

he got a war ... including an opponent that fights back


4 posted on 10/11/2022 3:40:05 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

Zelensky: W T F bro?!?
Putin: Hit another F-ing bridge and wish me Happy Birthday with a commemorative stamp again...

...

‘Details on Missile Strikes on WOKE NATO in Ukraine. All Targets Were Hit– 10.10.22, 20:00 MSK Time’
https://rumble.com/v1nee0m-details-on-missile-strikes-on-woke-nato-in-ukraine.-all-targets-were-hit-10.html

...

“Joe, pick up the phone!!!!”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XlRMpWyALbI


5 posted on 10/11/2022 3:42:20 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Louis Foxwell

Given the photos in the article were taken on the same day of the explosion, this supports my contention that Ukraine expected their truck bomb to do more damage than it actually did, and wanted something to commemorate the occasion for propaganda purposes.


6 posted on 10/11/2022 3:45:12 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: cranked

nothing ticks off a bully like a victim that fights back

*but the important thing to note here is,

that bridge was 100 miles behind Russian lines, heavily guarded, and they still got to it

so Ukraine CAN hit Russia anywhere they want now ...

there will be more like this ...


7 posted on 10/11/2022 3:48:31 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Nor is Russia conveniently having all those projectiles ready to fly, and all with targets, within 48 hours.

Some reports indicate that Russia’s cruise missiles were moved, programmed and made ready to launch before the Dear Leader celebrated his birthday. Almost as if they were expecting a convenient provocation.


8 posted on 10/11/2022 3:49:12 AM PDT by MalPearce ("You see, but you do not observe". https://www.thefabulous.co/s/2uHEJdj)
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To: canuck_conservative

I call serious BS.

Lights on in Kyiv yet?
Internet?

ZelenskyyIdiot only got a taste of Part I.
Buckle up cause coming few months going to be interesting.


9 posted on 10/11/2022 3:50:17 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Louis Foxwell

“The bridge was not blown up. Some tarmac was damaged and repaired in a few hours…”
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No, damage was much more than than something repairable in a few hours. Several spans were “dropped” reducing the bridge’s overall capacity considerably. That will take a significant time to repair.


10 posted on 10/11/2022 3:51:04 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Two spans were dropped on two lanes of the four lane auto bridge.

Traffic is now restricted to the other two lanes and one way.

The Railway bridge is apparently not seriously damaged by the fires. An engineering analysis is not complete


11 posted on 10/11/2022 3:51:18 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: cranked

Meanwhile, Putin’s ass will be kicked out of the occupied territories because Russia lacks the military strength to resist.


12 posted on 10/11/2022 3:53:25 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Launching a sophisticated PR campaign, complete with people taking selfies in front of a slickly-produced “giant stamp”, doesn’t strike me as the behavior of people who we are told are in a minute by minute struggle for their survival.


13 posted on 10/11/2022 3:53:45 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: bert

I know who lacks the military strength yo.

I also know who is literally groveling to the US/UK/EU/NATO and begging for tanks, planes, munitions, money, pre-emptive nuclear strikes, etc.

Ukraine set for economic implosion.
Ukraine running out of military hardware like the shat is on sale or something at the local store.
Ukraine manpower is getting chunked with each passing day.
You got 300K fresh troops coming in any time soon?

Hit another bridge, etc. in Crimea, etc. and see what happens to that vaunted Ukrainian military strength....

“Don’t Buy the Narrative on Ukraine”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dont-buy-the-narrative-on-ukraine/


14 posted on 10/11/2022 4:00:13 AM PDT by cranked
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To: noiseman

Nor does having Randi Weingarten, president of the woke leftist United Federation of Teachers, swanning around giving interviews and telling us her profound thoughts on “the suffering of children who can only attend on-line classes.”

Aside from the fact that she promoted on-line “teaching” in US schools and fought against ever ending it, what the heck is she doing there in the first place?

I guess it’s just the cool vacation spot for Dems.

Ukraine is just a money and propaganda mine for the Dems, and they don’t care how many Ukrainians have to die to keep it that way.

And “Armageddon”? Tee-hee.


15 posted on 10/11/2022 4:03:34 AM PDT by livius
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To: MalPearce

“Nor is Russia conveniently having all those projectiles ready to fly, and all with targets, within 48 hours.”

Is this a joke?


16 posted on 10/11/2022 4:03:54 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: cranked

according to you, “Ukraine lost half their army” 2 weeks ago, and then another half last week

and they’ll lose another half of their army this week, right?

LOL

(Yogi Berra logic meets Russian propaganda)


17 posted on 10/11/2022 4:10:13 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

You got the coordinates?


18 posted on 10/11/2022 4:11:01 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: canuck_conservative

Read and weep.

“Ukraine war veterans on how Kiev plundered US aid, wasted soldiers, endangered civilians, and lost the war”
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/08/18/ukraine-veterans-us-aid-soldiers-war/

“A Ukrainian’s Letter from the Front
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94RYVNg9bfA

‘Ukrainian General estimates Kiev’s losses at hundreds of thousands since Feb’
https://tass.com/politics/1501881

‘Wounded Ukrainian soldiers reveal steep toll of Kherson offensive’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/

‘In Ukraine’s South, Fierce Fighting and Deadly Costs’
https://archive.ph/MtHyd#selection-383.0-383.52

“Kharkov Offensive: “You Can Always Regain Territory—You Cannot Regain Human Lives.” - Jacques Baud”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6GFaOQOpEs

“The Limits of Ukraine’s Offensive and the High Price to Pay When it Ends”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pONjlORXdFQ

Russian casualties as of September 25: 6756
https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng


19 posted on 10/11/2022 4:11:55 AM PDT by cranked
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To: McGruff

The coordinates for what?


20 posted on 10/11/2022 4:12:26 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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