Posted on 04/03/2024 8:43:09 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
They have become a familiar sight in the skies above parts of Russia: long-range enemy drones, buzzing their way to another target. In the biggest Ukrainian onslaught inside Russian territory since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion two years ago, Ukraine has in recent weeks carried out a series of attacks on Russian oil refineries and ports. On Tuesday, it hit a refinery and drone factory in the industrial region of Tatarstan - more than 800 miles from the border.
The Ukrainian spy agency behind these drone strikes has its eyes on another target: the 12-mile long Kerch bridge connecting occupied Crimea with Russia. Senior officials from Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence service indicate it is plotting a third attempt on the bridge, after two previous attempts to blow it up, claiming its destruction is “inevitable”.
For Putin, the bridge is a tangible reminder of what he sees as one of his greatest political achievements: the peninsula’s 2014 “return” to Russia using undercover Russian troops and a sham referendum.
For Kyiv, the bridge is equally a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s illegal annexation. Its destruction would strengthen Ukraine’s campaign to liberate Crimea and raise morale on and off the battlefield, where Kyiv’s forces are gradually being pushed back.
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Can’t wait to see the Kerch bridge taken down. It’ll be a personal defeat for the Ruzzian Napoleon.
For the British…it is an obsession.
I’m going to enjoy watching The Russia and The Putin shut off the lights in The Ukraine.
“Turn Out The Lights, The Party’s Over” by our guy Willie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmQuIpM4h6A
That was an amazing movie!
Putin won't be able to do this after the bridge gets destroyed.
What Kharkov electrical power doink?
Kerch bridge is not even a military logistics key anymore, Russia has now built a land rail link. Its main value now is psychological. I believe the West will not enter into a diplomatic solution until they manage to destroy this bridge so they can claim a victory.
At our nearest Home Depot, the self-checkout machines are attended by employees, one for each machine..
Supposedly they are almost done with another way and that bridge will no longer be so important.
What is the military logistic advantage of this land rail link over the Kerch bridge usefulness? Is it harder for the Ukes to destroy the land rail link? Easier for the Russians to rebuild/restore the land rail link after the Ukes destroy it?
“Supposedly they are almost done with another way and that bridge will no longer be so important.”
The bridge was one way, the sea was another, and the land connection via Donbas-Luhansk was the other.
What other option is there aside from these?
“Russia has now built a land rail link.”
Which Ukraine attacked and destroyed in January. See video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P64qCmqnKiU
Why don’t they ram a cargo ship into it?
Over a Million Ukies are already without power due to Ruzzian Strikes.
Putin’s new railway in Ukraine, almost ready. Serious problem for Kiev
published April 2, 2024
https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/putins-new-railway-in-ukraine/
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