What happened to the Crimea bridge and why is it important?
What happened to the Crimea bridge and why is it important?
The bridge suffered damage after one of its sections was blown up, killing two people and wounding a child.
Traffic on the single bridge that links Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea and serves as a key supply route for the Kremlin’s forces in the war with Ukraine came to a standstill on Monday after one of its sections was blown up, killing a couple and wounding their daughter.
The RBC Ukraine news agency reported that explosions were heard on the bridge, with Russian military bloggers reporting two strikes.
RBC Ukraine and another Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda said the attack was planned jointly by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian navy, and involved sea drones.
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In pictures only one road span seems to be damaged. That would elave the other road with 2 lines and railroad with 2 lines still available. Could this really have an effect on the supply efforts beyond halving the maximum throughput? I don't imagine the bridge is constantly being used at maximum capacity.
I guess the whole thing could be structurally unsound now without it being visible from these photos.
I guess we'll just wait and see if Russians actually use it.
It didn't need to be blown up to be structurally unsound, it was already. The bridge was a well known rush job that was built against the advice of several engineers but Putin's hubris knows no bounds.
I believe the bridge is to be totally closed to car traffic for at least a month but that trains work.