Do posters here think that it is possible to take the bridge down? I kind of feel like if it was it would’ve been done by now. Here’s hoping, though.
Love this “Coming Attractions”. Can’t wait for the show.
I’m starting to think that Ukraine actually might see advantages in the bridge.
The russians know that Ukraine probably can take it down if they want to and therefore the russians can’t rely on using the bridge for major supplies. But if Ukraine are actually to take back Crimea they would prefer as many russian inhabitants as possible to flee and that will be more difficult without the bridge.
There is not much point in destroying it right now, since it’s damaged enough for freight trains not to use it
For the moment I think it’s a great decoy. Russia sends a lot of AA to defend it. Ukraine keeps hitting that AA, making sure that more must be pulled from other parts of the front.
If the day ever comes when Ukraine rolls into Crimea, having the bridge standing might be preferable to than having Russians trapped there with no way to leave.
Probably in the end. The rats can escape and dont cause extra problems in the future
Given that the bridge is only used for marginal military supplies it might happen that Ukraine never touches the bridge at all, or at least not until they run out more cost-effective targets.
Let’s keep Russia guessing. They can’t protect everything.
If the bridge is up then Russia can send supplies to Crimea. At this point in the war Ukraine probably wants to do everything it can to make it easy for Russia to send supplies to Crimea so those same supplies aren’t sent to more active portions of the front such as Kursk, Chasiv Yar, or Pokrovsk.
Bridges.. ah bridges Keep or blow up? You don’t want the enemy to have then, but they are also one of your most important strategic assets. Keep or blow up!?
I’ve been bitching to see that bridge come down for a while.
However, Ukraine’s theory is that if they blow up every last goddamn ammunition storage depot, the bridge won’t matter, because they’ll have nothing to move over it.
If the bridge blows up, they’ll find other ways to transport stuff, but it will be a lot harder. Instead focusing on oil infrastructure and supply depots, it cuts off the funding for the war, and logistics irrelevant if there’s nothing to transport.
Ukrainians are crazy, smart and resourceful.
It certainly would complicate the Russian evacuation of Crimea if the Bridge wasn’t there.
I heard that at this point it wouldn’t do much cus they have other supply lines
Why would Ukraine want to deal with russian trade in the future after all the families that have been destroyed? Goes without saying really.
Fun to speculate, but the immediate job is to keep accelerating domestic production of Ukraine’s own jet drones to take out the rest of the ammo and fuel bunkers, since my country is tying their hands in terms of targeting missions for US applied weapons
It’s quite bonkers that the US is still afraid of escalation if US weapons hit Russian soil when Ukrainian weapons are hitting the same targets, but escalation hasn’t happened
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Yes. And we all know the song we will sing.
Do posters here think that it is possible to take the bridge down? I kind of feel like if it was it would’ve been done by now. Here’s hoping, though.
Love this “Coming Attractions”. Can’t wait for the show.
I’m starting to think that Ukraine actually might see advantages in the bridge.
The russians know that Ukraine probably can take it down if they want to and therefore the russians can’t rely on using the bridge for major supplies. But if Ukraine are actually to take back Crimea they would prefer as many russian inhabitants as possible to flee and that will be more difficult without the bridge.
There is not much point in destroying it right now, since it’s damaged enough for freight trains not to use it
For the moment I think it’s a great decoy. Russia sends a lot of AA to defend it. Ukraine keeps hitting that AA, making sure that more must be pulled from other parts of the front.
If the day ever comes when Ukraine rolls into Crimea, having the bridge standing might be preferable to than having Russians trapped there with no way to leave.
Probably in the end. The rats can escape and dont cause extra problems in the future
Given that the bridge is only used for marginal military supplies it might happen that Ukraine never touches the bridge at all, or at least not until they run out more cost-effective targets.
Let’s keep Russia guessing. They can’t protect everything.
If the bridge is up then Russia can send supplies to Crimea. At this point in the war Ukraine probably wants to do everything it can to make it easy for Russia to send supplies to Crimea so those same supplies aren’t sent to more active portions of the front such as Kursk, Chasiv Yar, or Pokrovsk.
Bridges.. ah bridges
Keep or blow up?
You don’t want the enemy to have then, but they are also one of your most important strategic assets.
Keep or blow up!?
I’ve been bitching to see that bridge come down for a while.
However, Ukraine’s theory is that if they blow up every last goddamn ammunition storage depot, the bridge won’t matter, because they’ll have nothing to move over it.
If the bridge blows up, they’ll find other ways to transport stuff, but it will be a lot harder. Instead focusing on oil infrastructure and supply depots, it cuts off the funding for the war, and logistics irrelevant if there’s nothing to transport.
Ukrainians are crazy, smart and resourceful.
It certainly would complicate the Russian evacuation of Crimea if the Bridge wasn’t there.
I heard that at this point it wouldn’t do much cus they have other supply lines
Why would Ukraine want to deal with russian trade in the future after all the families that have been destroyed? Goes without saying really.
Fun to speculate, but the immediate job is to keep accelerating domestic production of Ukraine’s own jet drones to take out the rest of the ammo and fuel bunkers, since my country is tying their hands in terms of targeting missions for US applied weapons
It’s quite bonkers that the US is still afraid of escalation if US weapons hit Russian soil when Ukrainian weapons are hitting the same targets, but escalation hasn’t happened