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I am surprised at how robust this bridge is, or at how inadequate Ukraine's weapons are in this particular regard. Both bridges, the vehicular AND the rail bridge must be hit hard so that entire spans are destroyed. Otherwise these smaller attacks only temporarily have any impact before they are repaired.Bridge from above showing the damage
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Attached: 1 image A damaged Kerch bridge from above.
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Did NATO sort out how the get ammo for the Gepards?Germany delivers 6 more GEPARD Anti-Aircraft systems to Ukraine
On July 13, 2023, according to the Bundeswehr's latest update on its list of donations to Ukraine, Germany announced that it had delivered 6 GEPARD anti-ai
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This will be interesting.
Russia withdraws from Ukraine grain deal that feeds millions and helps curb global food prices
The UN-brokered initiative helped export more than 32 million tonnes of food from Ukraine, but Russia has withdrawn support until its own demands for expanded food and fertiliser exports are met.www.abc.net.au
And not in a good way I fear.
Some developments reported here:
I wonder if the Ukrainians studied Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign?
I'm still waiting for Count von Stauffenburg...The purge of russian commanding officers is widening. Again Putin does not know or does not want to know history of its own country and learn from Stalins errors - he just repeats them.
Institute for the Study of War
The Russian MoD has begun to remove commanders from some of the Russian military’s most combat effective units and formations and appears to be accelerating this effort. The recent dismissal of 58th Combined Arms Army Commander (CAA) Colonel General Ivanwww.understandingwar.org
Even a minor attack on such important bridge leaves a lot of egg on Putin's face.
It is becoming more likely every day!
Agreed - and I'm not particularly surprised at the durable nature of the bridge. I'm not an engineer, but I used to work for an architectural practice which included a structural engineering group. We received a contract for a 6-lane overpass across a good-sized river. I commented to one of the P. Eng.'s about the massive scale of the structural elements. He said something to the effect of 'You can fit roughly 15 semis between each pair of piers. Times 6 lanes .... times 40 tons each. Oh, and it might be raining heavily... so factor in the weight of water that might be sitting there.... or 2 feet of wet snow. Oh yeah it might be windy..... so factor that in, too. Then multiply all of that by 3 or more , just to be safe'.........
Bridges are extremely difficult to drop at the best of times, nothing to do with Ukraine's weapons being inadequate, more the range of weapons in the inventory, ability to attack exactly where you need to hit and general construction of a bridge (not saying this bridge is badly made, although it may not be as strong as it could be). ATACMS may be the answer (with aerial bombing not really an option), however weapon placement has to be very exact....... with what they have they are actually doing a fairly good job at disrupting the bridge operations.
