Bridge Over Troubled Waters: The Kerch Bridge Explosion
Just hours after Vladimir Putin blew out the candles on his 70th birthday cake, the Ukrainians gave him...
Just hours after Vladimir Putin blew out the candles on his 70th birthday cake, the Ukrainians gave him something he certainly didn’t wish for: a stunning attack on his beloved Kerch Bridge, which connects the Russian mainland to the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula.
Why it matters: The Kerch Bridge explosion is a significant blow to Russia both tactically and symbolically. On the tactical side, it will disrupt key transportation flows that supply Russia’s military in southern Ukraine. On the symbolic side, it’s another public embarrassment to Putin, who viewed the infrastructure project as a major step in his attempt to rebuild the Russian empire. Putin himself opened the bridge in 2018 by driving a truck across it.
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Russian forces launch Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea
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Iranian kamikaze drones were also spotted over Ukraine: 8 coming from Belarus; near Mykolaiv, and in the Zhytomyr and Odesa regions.
Russian planes are also flying low from Chaplynka [in the occupied territory of Kherson Oblast - ed.] deeper into Ukraine. According to the head of the Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration, there are many of them, but the Ukrainian air defence is working.
