The Russian occupiers again had another “trouble”. Someone “broke” Putin’s favorite toy, the Kerch Bridge. While Putin is holding an urgent meeting, Channel 24 recalls previous “failures” and predicts what will happen next, how it will really complicate the life of the occupiers.
On July 17, 2022, the former Russian president, and now a blogger and holder of the position of “wedding” deputy head of the Russian Security Council, invented especially for him, Dmitry Medvedev pathetically announced the “judgment day” for everyone who tries to attack the occupied Crimea, they will face a Russian-style apocalypse . 24 Channel analyzes what went wrong with the threats to Ukraine.
To the topic It will take years to restore: what is the scale of the hit on the Crimean bridge
Medvedev’s tantrums and how to interpret attacks on Crimea from the point of view of international law
Separate exalted, bloody clowns who pop up there from time to time with some statements are also trying to threaten us, referring to the attack on the Crimea and so on. In this regard, I want to say that it is quite obvious that they understand the consequences of such statements. And the consequences are obvious that if something like this happens, for all of them there, the Day of Judgment will come at once. Very fast and heavy. It will be very difficult to hide
– At a meeting with veterans on July 17, 2022, Medvedev delivered the already legendary punch.
On July 17, 2023, we can state with confidence that it was Medvedev who turned out to be the exalted bloody clown. After all, his words actually launched a very popular flash mob called “burn something in the occupied Crimea.”
What international law says about strikes against Crimea
Since 2014, the territory of the peninsula has been occupied by Russia, the world does not recognize annexation, so Ukraine has every right to strike in order to exterminate the invaders and return the occupied territories.
The “Kerch bridge” is an illegally constructed facility that must be dismantled. Given this, the Russians still have to be grateful, because the explosions and destruction of the facility significantly save on dismantling, which should be carried out at the expense of the occupier. The current attacks on the bridge are quite logical and legal, because it is part of the Russian military infrastructure in the occupied Crimea. Moscow carries out the transfer of military equipment and personnel along it, and the bridge is also the main transport artery for the transport of fuel, shells, etc.
A year later, since the legendary speech in Volgograd, everything in Crimea exploded – from military registration and enlistment offices to airfields, military units were on fire and military trains derailed, Russian ships were on fire on the high seas and in harbors. The invaders died in groups and alone. “Stones from the sky” a year later turned from a meme into a spectacular reality.
Crimean bridge on fire
Despite the variety of bright and explosive events, the so-called “Kerch Bridge”, which is stereotypically called “Crimean” after the Russians, attracted the most attention this year.
It was a symbol of the Russian occupation – its construction, completely illegal and contrary not only to human laws, but also to the laws of nature, was Putin’s image project. It was built by the dictator’s personal cashiers, the Rotenbergs, spending billions of dollars on it, and Ms. Simonyan and other top propagandists were involved in the promotion of the construction.
Note! “Kerch Bridge” was and still is a symbol of Russian occupation and, perhaps, one of the most protected objects in the world. The Russians brought a lot of military equipment there – from air defense systems to barges with reflective mirrors.
Day and night, the bridge is guarded by hundreds of armed people from the FSO and other services, despite the fact that it is still a deep rear for the invaders.
As subsequent events showed, all this does not work against creativity. The next day after Putin’s birthday, on October 8, at 6 am, a powerful explosion occurred on the Kerch bridge – explosives disguised as commercial cargo destroyed two spans of the automobile part of the “object”, but most importantly, the explosion occurred when an echelon was passing through the railway part with fuel for the invaders.
A new explosion destroyed the railway part of the bridge and disabled the main transport artery of the occupiers for several months. Due to this, the logistics of the Russians on the southern front was disrupted, which resulted in the “difficult decision” of General Surovikin, but in fact the flight of the 30,000th group of invaders from Kherson.
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It’s dawning, the bridge is beautifully burning; the nightingale in Crimea meets the SBU,
– SBU official commentary on the events in Crimea on October 8, 2022.
The explosions on the bridge came as a shock to Russians and a blow to their image. It took months to restore the “object”, shoulder straps flew, and the new guards promised that “this will not happen again.”
“We can do it again”
But it happened again – on July 17, 2023, on the anniversary of Mr. Medvedev’s speech, greetings were again sent to the Kerch Bridge. This time with the help of surface drones. The spectacular explosion occurred at night and was very bright.
The consequences were no less dramatic. The explosion destroyed an entire span of the automobile part of the bridge, in addition, the second span was damaged, bridge supports and other structural parts were damaged.
The head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov spoke on the air 24 channelsthat some Russians began to look for ways to evacuate the peninsula.
The conclusions are preliminary, but experts cautiously assume that it will take more than a year to restore the “object” – a complete check of the entire structure, restoration of supports and construction of new “slabs” is necessary. By this time, road traffic to Crimea will remain paralyzed – for the Russians there will be the following options – by train, ferry, or detour by land under the guns of HIMARS.
If they restore it hastily and without observing technology, they can manage to do it somewhere in a year, but the bridge will be extremely dangerous to use,
– Channel 24 sources who are aware of the situation at the “object” predict interesting trials for the Russians.
But the most important thing is that the Russians do not have the declared year in principle – the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already received missiles with a range of 300 kilometers – the British Storm Shadow and the French SCALP, the American ATACAMS and, possibly, the German TAURUS are on the way.
All this is in capable hands and will definitely turn the Kerch bridge into a scalable copy of Antonovsky in Kherson. Soon the entire Crimea will be under the fire control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and will turn into a shooting range, in this situation there will definitely not be time for repairs. And when the Ukrainians get the F-16, the very fact of the existence of such a design will have to be forgotten.
The Russians have no answers to all this. Their cruise missiles and “Shaheds” are no longer so scary for Ukrainians who received PATRIOT and NASAMS, Cheetahs and Viktors. Their land army is capable only of meat assaults, and the flagship of the fleet has been at the bottom of the Black Sea for more than a year.
It’s scary to gasp with a “nuclear weapon”, because it will mean the end for Russia, it will simply be erased into ashes by the same “NATO soldiers”, who will finally become “aggressive”, and loyal China and India will finish off (with their feet) by that time.
Are there any guarantees that all the details of the nuclear chain will work, and all its participants will agree to become suicide bombers, can anyone guarantee that the missiles will not be intercepted? In addition, it is still unknown whether the same “nuclear arsenal” of Russia is functioning, because 30 years of inactivity is 30 years of inactivity, and the very attempt to launch a munition whose expiration date has expired while Yeltsin was still alive is a kind of lottery.
We all saw how Russia itself drops 500-kilogram air bombs on its territory, and then searches for them for several days and subsequently finds them in the center of its own city – what do you think is the likelihood of such a scenario, but with a nuclear filling?
The fact that Russia plans to “swallow” this “another stab in the back” has already been hinted at by Putin’s spokesman, Mr. Peskov, who said that the response to the explosion on the Kerch bridge would be the fulfillment of the goals of the so-called “special operation.” That is nothing.
Threaten to terminate the “grain agreement”? So this is a shot at oneself – and it is not yet a fact that Turkey and the UN will be allowed to do it. The reputational loss in the eyes of allies from the “Global South” is obvious. As well as the weakness of the Russian leadership – they can not protect the Kremlin, or the Kerch Bridge (twice), or General Tsokov, or even the collaborator of “Vladlen Tatarsky”, so what can they do?
And so it remains that the only answer of the Russians can only be the words of an exalted baby doll named Dmitry Medvedev.
By the way, he has already commented on the explosions on the Kerch bridge.
They only understand the language of power. Only personal and completely inhumane methods. Therefore, it is necessary to blow up their own houses and the houses of their relatives. Look for and eliminate their accomplices, abandoning the insipid idea of a trial against them. But the main thing is to destroy the top leadership of terrorist formations, in whatever cracks these insects hide. It’s difficult but possible
– Medvedev shouts “wolves” again, July 17, 2023.
Another no less ridiculous option could be an investigation from the so-called Investigative Committee of Russia.
By the way, a criminal case has already been opened there under the article on the terrorist act, expert examinations have been appointed, the Ukrainian side has been accused of it, and the investigation is underway.
As part of the criminal case, the necessary examinations have been appointed. The investigation establishes persons from among the Ukrainian special services and armed formations involved in the organization and execution of this crime,
– The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation demonstrates vigorous activity.
In Ukraine, they usually just laugh at them, remember the meme about the “tired bridge” or tell each other poems. For example, the following:
Nightingale, dear brother,
the bridge went “to sleep” again
But once… Two!
Kerch bridge is not just a symbol
Most importantly, the new strike on the Kerch Bridge is not just a symbolic explosion on Putin’s favorite toy. Damage to the object is of quite practical importance, because it cuts an important transport artery of the Russians.
Yes, they still have a railway connection, but the automobile part was reliably disabled, which means that all cars on the peninsula have become suitcases without handles, and numerous vehicles will not arrive in Crimea under their own power.
The destruction of the “Kerch bridge” is both a matter of honor for Ukraine and a matter of time
Now the Russian combat trucks will either have to additionally load the railway (at the cost of other military tasks), or try their luck in more dangerous places – in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
All this should complicate the life of the enemy. The logistical support of more than 100,000 invaders now depends on one support on the surviving railway bridge across the Kerch Strait, and to help the Ukrainian defenders, who are now making an offensive in the South in the most difficult conditions – without air support and among continuous minefields.
In this situation, explosions hundreds of kilometers away on the Kerch bridge are also moral support for Ukrainians and unprecedented pressure on Russians, for whom there is now no rear.
2023-07-17 16:00:00
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