According to multiple media reports, at around 6:07 am on October 8, 2022, a truck passing through the Crimea Bridge exploded violently, blowing up the Crimea Bridge that spans the Kerch Strait on one side. From the displayed picture, the bridge deck has collapsed and fallen into the Kerch Strait. A tanker truck on the parallel railway bridge next to it was affected, and the leaked fuel ignited a raging fire!
As of the afternoon of October 8, three people have been killed, and according to Russian investigators, it may be passengers driving in a car near the explosion. How did the
explosion happen? Shortly after the explosion of
, surveillance video of the scene of the accident was reported online. The sky was still very dark at that time because it had passed autumnal equinox . Crimea was already at 45° north latitude, with short days and long nights, and the sun had not yet risen. A van was passing through the highway bridge, and a violent explosion suddenly occurred in front of the uphill slope of the ship's traffic position in the center of the Kerch Strait. A shock wave hit, the camera swayed, and then a cloud of smoke rose and there was scattered Mars.
, and in another shot located under the Tru Bridge, another perspective explosion was seen. A van suspected to be loaded with explosives exploded while passing through the bridge, but before the explosion, some kind of craft seemed to have passed through the water of the bridge. Because some waves were splashed, some friends suspected that the explosion might have occurred in the boat passing through the bridge.
According to the author's analysis, it should be an explosion on the bridge deck. There are two reasons. One is that the explosion on the water surface is at least ten meters away from the bridge deck. If it is for the purpose of destroying the bridge, it is obviously not very effective. The other is that the explosion shock wave of the water surface explosion will be blocked by the bridge deck and will cause splashes, while there is no splashes in the picture except for smoke.
Therefore, the author basically determines that it is a bridge deck explosion! Another focus of discussion among netizens is whether this is a suicide attack or a remote-controlled attack? According to the author's analysis, it may be a simple timing device. Because the vehicle speed and timing are not estimated well, the explosion occurs at the lowest point near the water surface of the bridge deck. It is quite convenient to repair it here. If you explode at a high place where the ship passes under the bridge, the repair cost will be high.
The railway bridge in the photo is still under construction, and the circle is where it was blown up
It can be seen that the driver of this car may have quietly slipped out of the car before the explosion, and then the vehicle hangs up the gear and presses the accelerator to let it move forward on its own, because it is very straight on this section of the road, and as long as the car does not go off, you can run far. But it is not ruled out that the driver died in the explosion.
Railway bridge combustion: The oil tanker was affected and caused a fire
It happened to be that a row of oil tankers passed by on the parallel railway bridge nearby. It may be that the violent explosion shrapnel directly penetrated the tanker shell, causing a fuel leakage, and caused a fire. It seems that the explosion was planned in detail. An explosion paralyzed the railway and highway bridge at the same time, but the highway bridge can pass on one side.
According to Russian News Agency , the Russian Federation Investigation Committee said that after investigation, it was found that the owner of the truck that exploded on the Crimea Bridge was a resident of a border area from Krasnodar . It is not known whether it was stolen or rebelled or threatened to carry out an attack.
Google panoramic map is the lane that was bombed
Since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the United States has provided Ukraine with Haimas rocket launcher . Russia and Ukraine conflicts in . Several bridges in the area were attacked. The most serious one was that the Antonov Bridge in Helson was blown up, but there were no serious damage except that the bridge deck was blown out by several holes.
KhlsongAntonov Bridge was bombed
Because the weakest point of the bridge is at the bridge pier position. If there is a severe impact here, the bridge deck may collapse and make the bridge inaccessible. It is not a problem to break a few holes on the bridge deck. Paving a piece of steel plate can continue to pass. Despite this, in order to prevent Ukraine from attacking the Crimean Bridge, Russia has still raised its vigilance.
But the one that attacked the bridge this time was not the rocket launcher , nor the missile , but the truck loaded with a large amount of explosives! This is undoubtedly very dangerous for bridges in the war zone, because a car can easily destroy a bridge with tons of explosives, and its power can easily destroy a bridge. The Russian military seems to be careless.
What annoyed Putin is that Ukrainian National Security and Defense Commission Chairman Olexi Danilov posted a video of burning bridges on social media, as well as a video of Marilyn Monroe singing "Happy Birthday Mr. President" because October 7 is Putin's 70th birthday.
Ukrainian President Zelensky's adviser posted on Mikhailo Podolak's Twitter that the incident was just the "start":
"All illegal things must be destroyed, the stolen things must be returned to Ukraine, and everything occupied by Russia must be deported."
However, he did not admit that it was done by the Ukrainian army, but as far as the current situation is concerned, it is already very obvious. Only the Ukrainian military has the motivation, reason, and ability to carry out the explosion.
Crimea Bridge: How important is it to Russia?
Crimea is an on the north shore of the Black Sea an peninsula that is almost completely surrounded by the sea. It was originally the territory of the Soviet Union. In 1991, The Soviet Union collapsed became part of Ukraine. On May 5, 1992, Crimea Peninsula declared independence, triggering riots. Later, under the mediation of Russia , decided to become an autonomous republic of Ukraine. Russia loaned part of the Sevastopol military port as the base of Black Sea Fleet .
In early 2014, Ukraine's political situation was turbulent. On February 27, the pro-Russian military occupied the Crimean parliament. Akshanov was elected as the Prime Minister of the Crimean Autonomous Republic of . On March 6, 2014, the Crimean parliament passed a proposal to join Russia. On March 16, the Crimea ownership referendum result was passed with a vote rate of 97%. On March 21, Russian President Putin officially signed the Crimea entry treaty approved by the Federal Parliament. However, the Ukrainian army evacuated in a low-key manner at that time and there was no war.
Crimea did not have a land connection with Russia, either crossing the Ukrainian boundary. It was proposed to build a bridge here as early as the Tsarist era, but construction was not started until 1943. However, the purpose was to facilitate Germany's attack on the Soviet Union. However, the former Soviet Red Army liberated Crimea before completion. Due to lack of protection, the German man-made bridge and even the piers were destroyed by floating ice. There was no bridge until Crimea was incorporated into Russia.
After Crimea was incorporated into Russia in 2014, Putin ordered the Transportation Bureau to improve the traffic conditions in Crimea, and the bridge was put on the agenda. On May 15, 1018, part of the road project of the 18.1-kilometer New Crimea Bridge (also known as the Kerch Bridge) cost US$7 billion and lasted for three years and was completed, becoming the longest bridge in Europe. Putin himself drove the truck through the bridge to celebrate its opening.
Kerch Strait between Crimea and Russia guards the throat of Assea . Familiar place names: Mariupol , Berkansk, Taganrog, etc. are all along the Azov Sea. In 2021, the warship , which participated in the exercise in Ukraine, was blocked in the Azov Sea. Everyone knows how important Crimea is. Controlling Crimea also controls the Black Sea. The Black Sea is the bathtub of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The port of the fleet stationed is Sevastopol on the southwest side of Crimea.
So how important is the highway bridge and railway bridges connecting Russia's Crimea, , are you probably know just by thinking about it. Currently, the reserves of gasoline and diesel in Crimea can only last for 15 days. However, Oleg Klyuckov, government consultant of the Crimea authorities, said that after the Crimea bridge was interrupted due to the fire, the ferry was ready to start, and the peninsula had sufficient fuel and food reserves.
Polar Bear Wrath: What kind of retaliation measures will be taken?
Putin did not seem to be furious about the attack on the Crimea Bridge, but ordered the establishment of a government committee to investigate the emergency of the Crimea Bridge. Because something strange happened, first of all, the vehicle came from a resident of the border area of Krasnodar, and how did this truck loaded with a large amount of explosives enter the bridge? The previous increased vigilance of the Crimean Bridge seems to be just a decoration.
Putin's investigation obviously needs to clarify these situations, first eliminate whether there are internal responses, and then eliminate the scum of the army's internal corpse. Of course, Ukraine's "self-destruction truck" attack on people's livelihood targets through "terrorist attacks" also penetrated Russia's bottom line. There are currently public opinion on the Internet that Ukraine has used all means without a bottom line, while Putin is tied up. Perhaps the attack on the Crimean Bridge is a weather vane. As reciprocal retaliation, Russia may launch a full-scale attack on targets such as transportation and power facilities in Ukraine.
Putin has not used all means against Ukraine since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Ukraine was able to preserve the livelihood facilities of most cities. After all, Russia and Ukraine were originally a family that had lived under the big tree of the Soviet Union, but after the disintegration, Russia was weak and unable to give Ukraine enough economic ties. Ukraine, bewitched by EU and NATO , repeatedly provoked Russia's bottom line. This is the root cause of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Also, this is the fundamental reason why the fragmented Europe has no strong power, so if a country wants to be strong, it must be unified without internal friction. Looking at the more than 30 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has been running for NATO's eastward expansion . The countries that pose these threats to Russia are all divided from the former Soviet Union. The collapse of the Soviet Union has left endless disasters.
A powerful and unified EU is not what the United States wants. The same Russia that has recovered its vitality and inherited the legacy of the former Soviet Union is not what the United States wants. Then there was a conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Russia was half dead, Europe was only half of its life left, and the euro collapsed directly. The United States conservatively estimated that its income was trillions of dollars, but Europe still supported Ukraine like it was drugged. It was amazing!
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