"Breaking: Looks like something exploded on the Kerch bridge and has caused a collapse..."
Look at the section where there are no lights. It is rather long.
Posted on 07/16/2023 7:21:40 PM PDT by Widget Jr
It appears that at least one side of the bridge involving two lanes has been completely separated.
https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1680755705853214721
At approximately 2024 EST, reports began to emerge of at least two explosions in the sky over Kerch, Crimea. At 2104 EST, locals began to report on social media that a general alarm had sounded for all civilians to clear the bridge and evacuate the area.
At 2125 EST, Republic of Crimea Head Aksyonov confirmed the bridge had been shut down and law enforcement agencies were on scene. Although no fire was reported, he did announce that a partial bridge collapse had occurred around the 145th support beam. By 2140 EST, local media reported that at least two had been killed in the collapse.
This is developing.
This is the same bridge that targeted earlier in the war by Ukrainian partisans. On 8 October 2022, at 6:07 am, a fire broke out on the Crimean Bridge as a result of an explosion, which occurred on the road bridge, on or under the westbound vehicle lanes running from Russia to Kerch in Russian-occupied Crimea. Two two-lane vehicular spans of the bridge collapsed into the water. Two adjacent eastbound lanes on a separate structure survived. The railway bridge was also significantly damaged by fire on railway tanker cars. Five people w
This is breaking now. I will post updates and additional news sources as found.
I hope it is true!
I’m just surprised that it took so long to finish that job.
SVTV NEWSTranslation:
@svtv_news⚡ Взрыв на Крымском мосту: погибли как минимум двое человек
В районе 145 опоры со стороны Краснодарского края по словам главы Крыма Сергея Аксенова произошло ничто иное, как «чрезвычайное произошествие». Паблик «Новости Керчь Крым Россия» сообщает о двух взрывах в 3:04 и 3:20 по местному времени, которые были слышны в разных районах Керчи.
На видео видна разбитая машина — девушку на пассажирском сидении выбросило через лобовое стекло. По мосту мчится скорая помощь.
Видео по ссылке в Телеграме: https://t.me/svtvnews/32670
⚡ Explosion on the Crimean bridge: at least two people were killedIn the area of 145 supports from the Krasnodar Territory, according to the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, nothing more than an “emergency incident” occurred. Public "News Kerch Crimea Russia" reports two explosions at 3:04 and 3:20 local time, which were heard in different parts of Kerch.
The video shows a broken car - the girl in the passenger seat was thrown through the windshield. An ambulance rushes over the bridge.
Video link in Telegram: https://t.me/svtvnews/32670
No Russian official speaks of a “bridge collapse” at this moment I am reading RIA Novosti and Tass that part of the story that Russian officials speak of a bridge collapse and fatalities not true at this point.
"Breaking: Looks like something exploded on the Kerch bridge and has caused a collapse..."
Look at the section where there are no lights. It is rather long.
How important is that bridge to the Russians and what does it mean for the war if it is destroyed?
Lest we not forget the earlier Kerch bridge attack when the khokol scum put a bomb in the truck of some poor hapless stooge and then detonated it.
"Reuters : Crimean Bridge traffic stopped due to ‘emergency:’ Russian-backed governor""Traffic was stopped at the Russian-built Crimean Bridge linking the Crimean peninsula to the Russian region of Krasnodar due to “an emergency” situation, Russia-installed Governor Sergei Aksyonov wrote on the Telegram messaging app early on Monday."
(Excerpt/ Reuters.)
Minimal military impact- though Timber and his Slava Ukraine zealots will certainly claim this is a game changer. These attacks are impotent strikes from the Ukraine- with their vaunted counteroffensive having failed miserably.
It’ll sever the direct ground transportation link between Russia and Crimea, and make logistics for the southern Ukraine front nearly impossible.
I hope Putin quits his invasion of Ukraine.
I hope you also come to the same conclusion.
Being a bridge, it is a valid military target, according to the customs of war. That a civilian is present on a bridge at the time it comes under bombardment is a tragic circumstance but not a war crime.
Not my concern.
"Kerch bridge is down once again. At least one span has collapsed."1:19 min video at tweet. One two lane section has fallen into the strait. Don't know which side or if the other side is intact.
Terrorism. Zelensky is hell bent on doing a nuke plant.
The sun will be up in a few hours, we’ll see what happened.
He’ll do whatever he thinks to get his World War.
I'm posting sources that show that part of the bridge has collapsed.
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