Russia Accuses Kyiv of Striking Bridge Linking Crimea to Mainland Ukraine

Rogue Valley · Jun 23, 2023

Russia Accuses Kyiv of Striking Bridge Linking Crimea to Mainland Ukraine - The Moscow Times

Russian-installed authorities in occupied Ukraine accused Kyiv of striking a bridge linking the annexed Crimean peninsula to mainland Ukraine early Thursday. “The criminal Kyiv regime barbarically shelled civilian bridges on the administrative border between the Kherson region and Crimea near...

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6.22.23
Russian-installed authorities in occupied Ukraine accused Kyiv of striking a bridge linking the annexed Crimean peninsula to mainland Ukraine early Thursday. “The criminal Kyiv regime barbarically shelled civilian bridges on the administrative border between the Kherson region and Crimea near Chonhar,” Kherson’s Kremlin-installed leader Vladimir Saldo said, without specifying the number of bridges targeted in the attack. A number of bridges connect Crimea to southern Ukraine’s partially occupied Kherson region via the smaller Chonhar peninsula. Photos posted by Saldo on the Telegram messaging app showed a gaping hole on the surface of a bridge. He claimed the attack was carried out by British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles. Another Moscow-backed official in occupied Ukraine, Vladimir Rogov, claimed the Chonhar bridge was struck alongside an older, unused bridge.

Rather than damage these bridges, Ukraine needs to put them down into the water so they cannot be repaired.

yankintx · Jun 23, 2023

Russia also said the troops massing on the Ukraine border prewar where in place for the purpose of war games.

Putin lies like a rug.

Never appease land hungry autocrats

Cardinal · Jun 23, 2023

What's with this "accuses" shit? That is some nuclear-grade gas lighting right there.

Loulit01 · Jun 23, 2023

Cardinal said:
What's with this "accuses" shit? That is some nuclear-grade gas lighting right there.

That's what I said. Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking vital military target. But blowing up dams is fine.

Luce · Jun 23, 2023

Pretty sure the Ukrainians were bragging about it yesterday.

Russia should stop pretending we're in some sort of diplomatic event. The they started the war, they committed (and are still committing) the atrocities, nobody cares if they complain.

Slavister · Jun 23, 2023

Rogue Valley said:
Rather than damage these bridges, Ukraine needs to put them down into the water so they cannot be repaired.

I would guess they would if they could... ?

On the upside, here is the latest: "Unfortunately, the bridge is much more seriously damaged than we originally thought. The bridge is unsuitable for movement for the next 15 to 20 days, maybe more," Saldo told Russian state TV Rossiya-24. "

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Roadvirus · Jun 23, 2023

The title of the thread (and headline) needs to be changed to "Russia whines about some shit, rest of world laughs"

Russia Accuses Kyiv of Striking Bridge Linking Crimea to Mainland Ukraine

Rogue Valley

Lead or get out of the way