Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-23 and Invasion

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Any word yet on how they did it?

Sigarettes. Russian bridges are flammable.
That, or it was the moskva sailing in...

[Razgovory]

What a terrible accident.  

[Zanza]

According to these tweets it means that there is no more railways connection for the entire southern front as the other rail line on land is in range of Ukrainian fire.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1572389840007892992.html

[Iormlund]

Apparently there's something below the bridge appearing right before the explosion, perhaps an Ukranian unmanned boat.

[Syt]

Not exactly the birthday gift that Putin was hoping for, I guess.

[Josquius]

I do recall watching a video yesterday from one of the main Ukrainian war reporters on YouTube saying he knew something big was planned in the south but wouldn't reveal it

I wonder how intentional leaving one road intact was. It does make sense and fit with Ukraines style to leave an escape route.

[Duque de Bragança]

As someone said "a punch in Putin's face on his birthday"

No cake this time.

[Maladict]

The road bridge seems to have collapsed in two separate places. Quite the accident.

[Josquius]

A thought. I wonder whether Ukraine might have been well served with Ukraine by adding to its get out whilst you still can with an offer of amnesty and citizenship with few hoops for post 2014 arrivals who want it.
Might have encouraged crimea as a place for anti Putin Russians... With interesting results.

[Iormlund]

I wonder how intentional leaving one road intact was. It does make sense and fit with Ukraines style to leave an escape route.

I don't know if "intact" is the word I'd use.

 

I think far more important is how damaged is the rail line.

[Legbiter]

No more logistics for the Russian troops in Kherson. Or Crimea for that matter.

[Legbiter]

Very neatly done. I'd guess Ukrainian SOF laid charges via boat.

[HVC]

Russians are saying truck. But then again it's a Russian source so take that for what you will.

[Josquius]

Irrelevant to the war but I wonder if anyone more up on Ukrainian sources can let me know on this...Reading today that Ukraine has declared the Kuril islands are legally part of Japan.
If true this is...amateur hour fucked up as Japan itself doesn't even claim the Kuril islands, the entire kuril island dispute is about whether a few islands are part of the kurils or not.
Is it the western media completely failing to understand something in east asia (as per usual) or did Ukraine really fuck up?

[Crazy_Ivan80]

or maybe they were just talking about the contested islands.