Kangaruchi wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 12:03 am According to reports the railway bridge will be repaired and operational by Sunday morning.
There are 2 vehicle bridges, 2 spans of 1 collapsed but the pylons are intact so can be repaired, which will take a bit of time, as for the 2nd one I assume it has suffered some damage.

Whoever did this, it's an impressive piece of work. That bridge was heavily guarded.

It's one thing to blow up Putin's favourite bridge but is gloating about it a good idea?

Ukraine did not directly claim responsibility for the attack, which Russia said was carried out by a truck bomb. But one senior Ukrainian official posted a “happy birthday” message with images of destruction, and the country’s post office revealed – within hours – designs for a commemorative stamp, showing the bridge ablaze, raising questions about whether the explosion had been anticipated.

If you want to test out the veracity of Putin's threat to use tactical nuclear weapons, this is probably a great way to find out.



https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... -to-crimea

There's a lot more damage than is obvious from the pictures. This shows a third section that is also wrecked, plus whatever damage has been done to the remaining parallel carriageway.



Plus that fire looks very hot, and with that strong wind pushing the smoke flat, that's the stuff of a blast furnace were metal turns to liquid.