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wcmagumba

(5,636 posts)
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 01:09 PM Jun 2025

I've been watching YouTube videos concerning the Crimean bridge attack by Ukraine and some reports

are talking about the bridge being destroyed and unusable when other news reports suggest it was only closed for a few hours and then opened and both the auto side and rail side are operating as normal, so it is hard to know what the reality is from here in Kansas. I need bigger binoculars I guess... Inquiring minds want to know....

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I've been watching YouTube videos concerning the Crimean bridge attack by Ukraine and some reports (Original Post) wcmagumba Jun 2025 OP
I dove in a little Tuesday morning Torchlight Jun 2025 #1
Thanks for the info Torchy, wcmagumba Jun 2025 #2

Torchlight

(6,314 posts)
1. I dove in a little Tuesday morning
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 01:21 PM
Jun 2025

and this is what I've gathered: the demolition was mostly at the base of more than one reinforcing/support columns. It was effective enough to cause visual and noticeable structural damage. The bridge was immediately closed for app. 18 hours afterwards. No word on extent of damage, but there is cautious optimism the damage may force numerous temporary closures over the next month as analysis then repairs are made.

That's from an amalgam of the points I gathered from various news sources.

wcmagumba

(5,636 posts)
2. Thanks for the info Torchy,
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 01:29 PM
Jun 2025

Somewhere I did read a comment that these strikes to weaken the bridge support structure might be in preparation for further strikes with Taurus missiles to take the bridge out on a long term basis...I hope this is true...

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