In the morning of the 8th local time, an explosion occurred on the Crimea Bridge across the Kerch Strait , and some railway and road traffic was interrupted, killing 3 people. The Russian National Counter-Terrorism Commission pointed out that a car bomb exploded and caused a fire. Ukrainian President adviser Podoriak indirectly acknowledged Ukraine's responsibility for the attack on the Crimean Bridge. The Russian State Duma representative said that the Crimea Bridge explosion was an act of "declaration of war".
Car bomb exploded first
ignited the train next to it 7 oil tanker
Explosion occurred in the early morning of the 8th on the Crimea Bridge in Russia. The oil transport train on the railway bridge burned violently, and the road deck parallel to the railway bridge fell into the sea along the road surface. Traffic on the bridge was interrupted, but it did not affect water navigation.
Online video shows that the oil transport train on the railway bridge burned violently, instantly fell into the sea of fire and thick smoke came out, and the road deck parallel to the railway bridge fell into the sea.
reported that the accident was caused by the missile attack. The Russian side initially said that the oil train on the bridge caught fire first, and the Russian National Counter-Terrorism Committee later said that the fire was obviously caused by a car bomb.
The Russian National Counter-Terrorism Commission said that at around 6 a.m. local time on the 8th, a truck from the Taman Peninsula exploded at the car traffic on the Crimea Bridge, affecting a train driving on the railway, causing the 7-day train tankers heading to the Crimea Peninsula to catch fire, some roads collapsed, and traffic was blocked. Preliminary investigations show that the explosion was caused by a car bomb, and someone deliberately attacked with explosives. After the incident, Russian President Putin ordered the establishment of a government committee to investigate the cause of the Crimea Bridge accident.
html On the afternoon of the 18th, the Russian Federal Investigation Commission announced that preliminary data showed that three people were killed in the Crimea Bridge explosion. At that time, they were riding in a car next to the truck where the explosion occurred. Search and rescue personnel salvaged two bodies of a man and a woman from the water. The relevant parties were determining their identities.Ukraine said it was "just the beginning"
Ukraine has repeatedly uttered a message to attack
Crimean officials said that the damaged section of the Crimean Bridge will be repaired and Ukraine should be held responsible for this.
However, Ukraine did not admit the attack, but Podoriak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Zelensky, said on social media: "The bridge is just the beginning. All illegal things must be destroyed, and all stolen must be returned to Ukraine. Any place occupied by Russia must be expelled."
In response, the Russian Satellite News Agency explained that this was the advisor to the Ukrainian Presidential Office who acknowledged that Ukraine was responsible for the terrorist attack on the Crimea Bridge. Prague Ukraine quoted anonymous sources on the 8th as saying that the blow-up of Kerch Strait Bridge was a special operation of the Ukrainian National Security Agency. However, Ukrainian National Security Bureau has not issued any statement on this.
Since the Russian-Ukraine conflict, Ukraine has repeatedly stated that it will not give up the opportunity to attack the Crimean Bridge. The Ukrainian army repeatedly warned of plans to destroy the bridge and ranked as the number one target of attack.
In fact, as early as May 2019, on the eve of Russian President Putin celebrating the opening of the bridge, several members of the Ukrainian parliament called for the destruction of the Crimea Bridge and believed that it was "enemy infrastructure."
In May this year, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Commission Secretary Danilov said: "Ukraine is considering attacking the Crimean Bridge, but it does not have the ability yet. If there is a chance, we will definitely do this."
In June this year, Ukrainian Armed Forces Major General Marchenko said that once the weapons required are obtained from the West, the Ukrainian military will target the Crimean Bridge. The Crimean Bridge is the number one target, which is not a secret to the Russian army and the Ukrainian army, nor to the people.
For Russia, the bridge is of great strategic significance, but for Ukraine, it is like a thorn in the eyes.
In the eyes of Ukrainian , the bridge symbolizes the shame of the country and also allows Russia to control the right of way from Azov Sea to Black Sea . Ukrainian Navy has no channel to go from the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea. It was blocked by Russia in the Sea of Azov and could not go anywhere.
Strike the Russian military deployment
Cut off the Russian military's "life supply line"
Crimea is a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea that is almost completely surrounded by the sea. Only in the north is a narrow piece of land connected to Ukraine, and its east coast land is almost connected to Russian territory. Since May 2018, the Crimean Peninsula has been connected to Russia through the 19-km Crimean Bridge. When the bridge was completed, Putin personally drove a large truck through the bridge to celebrate its opening.
The Crimean Bridge, known by the Russians as the "Century Project", is the only link connecting the Crimean Peninsula and the Russian mainland, and is of strategic significance and highly symbolic significance to Russia. The bridge spans the Kerch Strait and is currently the longest bridge in Europe, costing US$3.6 billion.
Since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, it has been an important logistics supply route for the Russian army to fight in southern Ukraine, and it is also the "life supply line" of the Russian army. A steady stream of Russian military supplies, equipment and even soldiers entered Crimea through this bridge and arrived at the southern Ukraine Theater Command. This is a huge strategic threat to the Ukrainian army.
"New York Times " pointed out that this will endanger the main supply lines of the Russian army fighting in southern Ukraine. Although the bombing of the Crimea Bridge did not interrupt the supply to Crimea, it also greatly damaged the deployment of the Russian army. This left the local Russian army with only one railway supply line between Krasnodar and Melitopol. The Russian army needs to stick to Melitopol in the future, otherwise the supply will be cut off by the Ukrainian army.
analysis stated that the Ukrainian army's blow-up of the bridge can not only cut off the Russian army's logistics transportation line and subsequent troops, but also weaken the opponent's offensive power and increase transportation time and cost. The cut off the Russian military supply line also hit Putin's reputation and severely damaged the morale of the Russian army.
Worrying that the bridge will be blown up
Russia uses smoke confusion
Reported that Russia is also on guard against the threat of Ukraine to destroy the bridge. Russia has set its defense level at the same level as that of nuclear power plants.
In order to prevent Ukrainian missile attacks, radar reflectors were installed, air defense system made Ukrainian fighter jets and drones in airspace within 400 kilometers inaccessible. There are spy satellites at high altitudes that are specifically responsible for monitoring this area. Every day, fighter and anti-submarine aircraft are constantly patrolling the air. Air defense missile systems are deployed around them, and over-visual radar stations are built at high places. To prevent underwater sneak attacks, the most stringent defense protection is also deployed under the sea, and the advanced sonar monitoring waters around the bridge are installed, and a special Russian naval brigade is also stationed there. In order to prevent Ukrainian troops from attacking, the Russian army held an exercise in nearby waters, protected the bridge through various means, installed smoke generators and radar deception equipment, released smoke to cover the bridge, etc.
In July this year, Ukraine threatened to attack the Crimean Bridge. After Ukraine successfully forced Russia to abandon its Snake Island garrison by using long-range artillery fire and missile attacks, Ukraine seemed to have the ability to accurately strike targets on land.
Oleg Morozov, representative of the Russian State Duma, said that the incident was an act of "declaration of war". China Business News reporter Guo Ji compiled
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