Photo: Maxar Technologies

Photo: Maxar Technologies

HISTORY

Satellite images of the damaged bridge taken by Maxar Technologies.

on it, while trucks had to use the ferries.

This caused major congestion and supply

problems for Crimea and, consequently,

for the Kherson region. Trains are also running in a restricted mode.

The severe damage to the bridge is most

evidenced by the terms of repair, which

were later made public by the Russian side.

After replacing the collapsed spans of the

road bridge in one direction, they will also

replace the opposite direction spans that

were left standing. This suggests that the

tremors of the explosion affected them as

well. Then the repair of the burnt railway

bridge will begin, which will last until at

least September 2023.

The wreckage of an Iranian Shahed-136 drone shot

down by Ukrainian air defenses.

December 2022

Photo: Twitter

Photo: Ukrainian military's Strategic

Communications Directorate

Russian revenge

Russia’s reaction was not long in coming.

On Sunday, October 9, Putin accused

Ukraine of terrorism in connection with

the bridge explosion. It was Russia, however, which had set a precedent with its

attacks on bridges – in April and May it

repeatedly shelled with missiles the strategic Zatoka bridge, which runs over the

mouth of the Dniester and connects Odessa with the Romanian border. Moreover,

the bridge to Crimea is a legitimate military target according to the Ukrainians, although they have not yet claimed responsibility for damaging it. All the troops that

invaded southern Ukraine on February 24

passed over it, and reinforcements, fuel

and ammunition for the Russian troops

The Kerch bridge leading to Crimea burns after an explosion on the morning of October 6.

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