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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 111572 Melbourne Gender:	Crimean Bridge Collapses! Oct 8^th, 2022 at 5:48pm Crimean Bridge Collapses! 31,998 views Oct 8, 2022 Update on the Crimean/Kerch Bridge--it is collapsed.
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Reply #1 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 5:50pm

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63183404

Crimean bridge fire: Blaze erupts on only bridge linking peninsula to Russia

By Alexandra Fouché
BBC News

A large fire on the only crossing between the occupied Crimean peninsula and Russia was caused by a lorry explosion, Russian state media say.

The explosion on the road section then led to oil tankers on the rail section catching fire, with the road then collapsing.

Crimea was annexed in 2014 by Russia, which now uses the Kerch bridge to move military equipment into Ukraine.

Russian state media say traffic on the bridge has been suspended.

An adviser to Ukraine's President Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak, called the damage a "beginning" - but not directly claim Ukrainian responsibility.

"Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled," he tweeted.

The official Twitter account of the Ukraine government responded to the fire by tweeting: "Sick burn."

Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said: "At 06:07 Moscow time today [03:07 GMT], an explosion was set off at a cargo vehicle on the motorway part of the Crimean bridge on the side of the Taman peninsula, which set fire to seven fuel tanks of a train that was en route to the Crimean peninsula.

"Two motorway sections of the bridge partially collapsed."

Crimean parliamentary speaker Vladimir Kontantinov blamed the explosion on "Ukrainian vandals, who have finally managed to reach their bloody hands to the Crimean bridge".

He added the damage to the bridge would be "promptly restored, since it is not of a serious nature".

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been briefed about the "emergency" on the bridge and has ordered a government inquiry, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, in comments quoted by Interfax news agency.

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Reply #2 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 5:52pm

https://kerfarms.com/burning-fuel-tank-on-a-bridge-in-crimea-russian-ria/

Burning fuel tank on a bridge in Crimea – Russian RIA

October 8, 2022 by Admin

Oct 8 (Reuters) – A fuel tank caught fire on the Kerch bridge in Crimea on Saturday morning, Russian news agency RIA said, while Ukrainian media reported an explosion.

Traffic was suspended on the road and rail bridge, opened in 2018 and designed to connect Crimea to the Russian transport network.

“A fuel tank is on fire on one of the sections of the Crimean bridge,” the agency said, quoting a regional official, but without specifying the cause.

“Expedition arches are undamaged.”

Ukrainian media said the blast at the bridge happened around 06:00 (03:00 GMT).

Reuters could not independently verify the information.

Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled the bridge in 2018, after Crimea was annexed by Ukraine in 2014, leading to sanctions and deteriorating ties with the West.

In September, Russia announced the annexation of the provinces of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia after holding referendums that Kyiv and the West say were sham exercises held at gunpoint.

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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Crimean Bridge Collapses! Reply #3 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:21pm Good video of the problem.
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Reply #4 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:33pm

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-10-08/ukraine-presidential-advis...

Ukraine Presidential Advisor Says Crimea Bridge
'Must Be Destroyed' Following Damage

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Oct. 8, 2022

KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian presidential advisor posted a message on Twitter after conflicting reports of an explosion or fire on Saturday that damaged the bridge connecting the Russian mainland to the occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, calling it "the beginning" but not directly claiming Ukrainian responsibility.

"Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled," Mykhailo Podolyak wrote.

(Reporting by Max Hunder; Editing by Frances Kerry)

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Reply #5 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:42pm

Bobby. wrote on Oct 8^th, 2022 at 5:50pm:

bridge would be "promptly restored, since it is not of a serious nature".

The Russian naval ship 'Mockba' had scratches on the paintwork and is now an underwater fish laboratory. Ukraine offers tourist dives with brochures in Russian language. The Ukraine Ministry of Infrastructure has offered to assist with the Crimea bridge using Russian tanks welded together.

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Reply #6 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:48pm

chimera wrote on Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:42pm:

Bobby. wrote on Oct 8^th, 2022 at 5:50pm:

bridge would be "promptly restored, since it is not of a serious nature".

The Russian naval ship 'Mockba' had scratches on the paintwork and is now an underwater fish laboratory. Ukraine offers tourist dives with brochures in Russian language. The Ukraine Ministry of Infrastructure has offered to assist with the Crimea bridge using Russian tanks welded together.

This could go Nukla.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 111572 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Crimean Bridge Collapses! Reply #7 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:52pm Video of explosion from on the bridge: https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/493/550/playable/d30313...
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 13182 Armidale Gender:	Re: Crimean Bridge Collapses! Reply #8 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:52pm Yes it's the well-known 'Mafia' chess move. You bomba my Kyiv, I bomba your dirty bridge. Putin can take a bishop to rook the pawns. Or go to a shop to cook the prawns.
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 13182 Armidale Gender:	Re: Crimean Bridge Collapses! Reply #9 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:56pm Bobby. wrote on Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:52pm: Video of explosion Very impressive. It's fireworks for Putins 70th birthday from the Crimea Friendship Pyrotechnic college.
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Reply #10 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:59pm

chimera wrote on Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:56pm:

Bobby. wrote on Oct 8^th, 2022 at 6:52pm:

Video of explosion

Very impressive. It's fireworks for Putins 70th birthday from the Crimea Friendship Pyrotechnic college.

Putin will be very angry.
Maybe he'll bomb the center of Kiev - all the parliament etc?

This war has gone to another level.

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 13182 Armidale Gender:	Re: Crimean Bridge Collapses! Reply #11 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 7:03pm Kiev? Been there, done that.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 49229 Gender:	Re: Crimean Bridge Collapses! Reply #12 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 7:04pm Reading about the defences of that bridge I thought a truck fitted with a bomb would be the only way to do it. Don’t know if the Ukrainians did it tho, are reasons why they would leave it alone. Can the russian economy afford to rebuild the bridge?
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 111572 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Crimean Bridge Collapses! Reply #13 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 7:05pm chimera wrote on Oct 8^th, 2022 at 7:03pm: Kiev? Been there, done that. No - only the outskirts of Kiev were badly damaged - what about the city of Mariupol? - reduced to a smoking pile of rubble by the Russians. Looks like the Russians got what was coming to them.
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 13182 Armidale Gender:	Re: Crimean Bridge Collapses! Reply #14 - Oct 8^th, 2022 at 7:16pm Jovial Monk wrote on Oct 8^th, 2022 at 7:04pm: Can the russian economy afford to rebuild the bridge? No , but why do you ask?
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