Why Ukraine Keeps Attacking This 12-Mile Bridge | WSJ
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2024
- As the Russia-Ukraine war is largely stuck in a bloody stalemate, Crimea is becoming an increasingly important battleground. Satellite images show Russia has constructed marine defenses across Crimea to protect its key assets, including the Kerch Bridge. The bridge has already been attacked twice by Kyiv and there could be further strikes at the crossing.
WSJ looks at why the $3.6 billion Kerch Bridge is key to both Kyiv and Moscow.
Chapters:
0:00 The Kerch Bridge
1:25 First attack on Crimea
2:25 Second attack on Crimea
3:40 Russian defenses
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Ukraine: (hits bridge)
Ukraine: wanna se me do it again
Ukraine: (hits bridge again)
(Nothing changes for Ukraine on the battlefield and its still losing)
@@falcon_224 remember when they where at their capital city.... or the lost territory Ukraine has recovered....Yeah, still a long way to go and Russia is not doing a great job.
@@erikpienk How does it matter when this war will end with a negotiated ceasefire on Russian terms? Russia is not going anywhere without securing Kharkov (to protect belgorod, kursk, bryansk) and Odessa (to protect black sea fleet) so yeah cope. Ukraine could've negotiated in March or April 2022 and kept more of its land and men but it had to sacrifice two entire generations of men only to lose anyways? Sounds like winning to me. I guess that's what happens when Boris Johnson and Victoria Nuland are calling the shots for you and not your own leaders. 🤷♂️
Russia has suspended all aircraft from fly over or near ukraine🤣 suck on that
Ain't hurt 😂
“In an election year” 😂😂
haha yes Sesame Street Journal strikes again
But Zelensky canceled the elections.
@@Zelensky_Huilo Zelinsky is at war!
@@Dave05J Then what election year are you talking about, please explain?
@@Zelensky_Huilothey are talking about Russia's election this year
Can we get PETA to destroy the dolphin pens ??
The Soviet Union liberated Europe, but Europe paid its thanks with guns and murder
They are busy trying to save the red cows from Israel lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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But russia already build a train track from land across ukraine occupied lands to crimea.
Started to build a train track*
And I would too. And so?
Isn't attacking civilian infrastructure a war crime or terrorism?
Rules only apply to western enemies.
Illegal bridge needs to be removed.
Nope they've clearly been using it for war material transportation
Tell that to Russia who has been bombing Ukrainian civilian infrastructure for the entire war
and a rather large dam!@@TheAnnoyingGamer.
Russians will never forget Putin for making Russia great again
Dolphins?! With fricken LASER BEAMS?!
Could be worse. Could be mind controlled squids. Or bears.
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If the dolphins drink as much vodka as the Russian soldiers, the bridge is doomed.
Or an old man armed with a Banana! I know. Scary!
Have they considered sharks with… I dunno… laser beams?
They did test it. But the shark trainers never returned to report on how the tests went. I wonder where they are? 🤔
Contrary to popular beliefs, shark isnt that aggressive. In this case, dolphins are wayyy more aggressive... also easier to train
@@firdaus99031 True. Not the most yet among the most "dangerous" sharks are Tiger Sharks. I have been swimming with those and they were no threat at all. Only if one unmistakenly, in their eyes, move in a way that one looks like "food" to them they might bite and have a taste - after which they'd find out that one doesn't taste like "food" after all and eat no more. At this point of course one could still have lost a leg and maybe life. Calm movements, and the sharks too will remain calm.
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Crimea is not occupied. Go to that place and ask anybody if they want to come back to Ukraine. Nobody will say "Yes".
It is by international law.
APPALLED why that huge-bridge..is still in service!!!.....HILLARIOUS!!!!
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@@EnlisttodayА ты расскажи, чем лично тебя Путин обидел. А приплести всякого бреда без капли оснований любой может.
I am Russian too, am a boyfriend of @enlisttoday wife. I am the reason he left Russia.
@@KvadroBlazE said...And tell me how Putin personally offended you. And anyone can spin all sorts of nonsense without a shred of reason.
Ваше невежество держит Путина у власти. Как вам не стыдно.
Your ignorance keeps Putin in power. Shame on you.
Not once do you all say why Ukraine attacks the Kerch Bridge & imply it's a "symbol." BS! It is a major military supply route for the Russians to keep train and vehicles supplying forces in Crimea. It is a route further away from front line where train tracks are within attack range. It is a military supply route key to Putin's goal of establishing the old Soviet sattelite states & acquiring warm water harbors. Pitiful reporting.
They talk about it being an important supply route in the first minute of the video
Russia has secured a land bridge running from crimea to russia in 2022, how is that bridge a "major military supply route" ? lol
@@MrFalut If this "land bridge" is within the reach of ukrainian artillery....lol
@@196Stefan2 the railways if outside of the artillery range. The landbridge is like 130 kms wide.
@@plastic14407The transcript states, " Stretching for 12 miles the crucial supply route is vital for Russia to keep safe, while Ukraine is set on making it vulnerable.". WSJ apologists omit that it is a crucial MILITARY rail and motor vehicle supply route. Putin protested too much when he told Tucker Carlson that misinformation campaigns were too expensive. Cough cough. If Russia invaded the US with ground troops, to frame the US as the destablizer attacking infrastructure as WSJ has done here with Ukraine is reprehensible. Entire towns & communities in Ukraine are rubble worse than Hurricane Katrina or Cat 5 tornados. Russia is objectively the aggressor & destablizer. It's dictator is a war criminal with international warrants for deporting thousands of Ukrainian children. WSJ's gray both-sides-ism, wrapped in "fairness" and "neutrality," distorts a black & white situation. How they'll cry foul when an authoritarian, God forbid, invades their offices, arrests their people, and destroys their equipment & work. It won't be so gray then.
Love your reporting on history... cant wait for your reporting on current day events!
For PR
Even if the bridge falls they’ll just divert supplies over the land bridge. And not to mention most of the attacks are being done by British SF with British equipment.
I haven't seen a single dolphin in this video.
I was rather hoping for Dolphins in this video.
Devgru is going absolutely feral for these missions.
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It's ironic how Ukraine has tried so hard to destroy the bridge that, as it claimed before, would be impossible to construct in a first place
Great reporting❤
The dumbest propagandist report ever!
How do people live in "occupied Crimea" btw?
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Dophins? RA2 is coming back
Sirens blare
Yes, the Kerch bridge is so important for Russian resupply that they have even resorted to trained dolphins to try and protect it
And yet Ukraine has hit it twice already
@@HuskyOwner-bl1jf The US uses dolphins as well to protect key ships and infrastructure. Its effective.
RA2 based it on the Soviet Dolphin program, which was based in Sevastopol(Which was in crimea).
And was even inherited by the Ukranian's when the union broke apart.
Which were then taken over by the Russians, in 2014.
@@Orcawhale1 While it's true that Russia took Ukraine's dolphin program in 2014 Russia had it's own dolphin program even prior to that allegations have been made against Russia since 2012 perhaps even earlier. Taking the Ukrainian program just expanded the project further
Watch out for those dolphins! 🐬
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"In an election year"
"In an 'election' year"
😂
But Zelensky canceled the elections.
@@Zelensky_Huilo The Ukrainian constitution does not allow elections during martial law. We are talking about the fake election in Russia.
@@Zelensky_Huilo We are talking about Putin and not Zelensky
Bias presentation.
Biased comment.
The only reason is they cant hit a moving target.
Is that bridge still standing?
No, it's laying down now....
It's still standing
War dolphins.... they're still doing that, huh.
Cruel
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@amanda: Putin give an equal opportunity of cruelty to humans and sea life.
The Kerch bridge will continue to be vulnerable.
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Dolphins? I thought the Russians used giant squids.
Kraken is the last resort just like nukes.
Correction babbucka
The fact that after 2 years they can’t even destroy a bridge is pretty pathetic on Ukraine’s part!!! 🤦♂️
They definitely tried. But this bridge is just built different. Unlike one in baltimore.
Are they only protecting the one side of the bridge ? If so .........................
Russia has connected to Crimea via land bridge by building new railway track and roads.
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@@Enlisttodayглупый бот
we are taking quite a bit of license calling this a "battle" aren't we?
Takes more effort for ukraine to hit the bridge than it is for RU to repair it. They are desperate.
Attacking the bridge looks like terrorisim done only for PR.
PR? It's the major artery for Russia's attacks on the southern front. Good grief.
Or destroying main supply line for crimea and southern occupied territories
While that was the the intention of the bridge pre invasion.
Russia has decent control over the southbank of the Dnjepr.
So for that purpose the bridge is no longer pivotal.
@@barneyklingenberg4078 hmm, are you sure? Bridge is the only logistic path that out of Ukraine's artillery range
That's a stratigical tagret, there are nothing terroristic. And tbh only one side in this war could be terrorists - Russia. Whatever Ukraine does, it will not even be a small part of the terrorism that Russia has already done.
The video starts off call The Crimea 'occupied'. Sorry the people of Crimea voted to become part of the Russian Federation in 2014, the Crimea has been part of Russia for 9 years.
Maybe because it’s important.
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it wasn't a truck exploding on the bridge, but an earlier version of the Ukranian sea drones
No. There was a truck with explosion. What's even worse driver has no knowledge of this. Kiev went for terrorist attacks long time ago.
@@skywillfindyouOne side's patriot is the other side's terrorist.
I watched a documentary on their sea drones they have been able to sink 1/3 of Russia’s battle ships with them. Pretty impressive
Underwater chains will prevent any Chinese subs from crossing! 🤭
Yes, west should worry about Chinese subs.
too late , they have new train line , its too late .....
Finally a real video with actual people and real voices
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I am a Russian man who fled Russia and was granted asylum in the USA. I pray to God for Russia's liberation from its tyrant, who is steering the world towards the brink of destruction due to his ego still haunted by the KGB's failures in East Berlin. It is a shame, a disgrace upon us Slavic men. We must halt this path of servitude to these tyrants who plunder us and our fellow countrymen, leaving us devoid of even a glimmer of hope. I pray for a democratic Slavic world, free from the clutches of this monster. We Russian men reject this regime dont let putin fool you USA. The Russian people yearn desperately for peace from this villain. He is akin to an evil oil baron, reminiscent of characters from the first Dune movie, do you not agree?
Did he just say Dolphins?
Ukraine prioritizes pr gimmicks while russia prioritizes war. That why Ukraine gets smaller everyday.
1:17 Putin learns to drive a truck in only one lane, not two.
I am a Russian man who fled Russia and was granted asylum in the USA. I pray to God for Russia's liberation from its tyrant, who is steering the world towards the brink of destruction due to his ego still haunted by the KGB's failures in East Berlin. It is a shame, a disgrace upon us Slavic men. We must halt this path of servitude to these tyrants who plunder us and our fellow countrymen, leaving us devoid of even a glimmer of hope. I pray for a democratic Slavic world, free from the clutches of this monster. We Russian men reject this regime dont let putin fool you USA. The Russian people yearn desperately for peace from this villain. He is akin to an evil oil baron, reminiscent of characters from the first Dune movie, do you not agree?
So heartbreaking to see war in beautiful Crimea 😔
The French Prime Minister from the rostrum pronounced the slogan of one of Hitler's SS divisions - "Slava Ukraine". It is not surprising, considering that many more Frenchmen fought on Hitler's side than in the resistance to Hitler with General de Gaulle. Even Hitler's Reichstag was defended by the French. And recently in Kharkov, the Russians immediately killed 60 French neo-Nazis who fought on the side of the terrorists of the Bandera Nazi junta
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I am a Russian man who fled Russia and was granted asylum in the USA. I pray to God for Russia's liberation from its tyrant, who is steering the world towards the brink of destruction due to his ego still haunted by the KGB's failures in East Berlin. It is a shame, a disgrace upon us Slavic men. We must halt this path of servitude to these tyrants who plunder us and our fellow countrymen, leaving us devoid of even a glimmer of hope. I pray for a democratic Slavic world, free from the clutches of this monster. We Russian men reject this regime dont let putin fool you USA. The Russian people yearn desperately for peace from this villain. He is akin to an evil oil baron, reminiscent of characters from the first Dune movie, do you not agree?
@@Enlisttodaynonsense- You should know how Russia's parliament operates.
@@Enlisttoday you aren't Russian at all
Divided we fall remember that... We must put race and traditions aside and stand as one humanity
Wanna buy a bridge? Slightly used.
You dont have enough money for that, slightly used old man.
I am a Russian man who escaped Russia and found asylum in the USA. In God, I pray for Russia to be free of its tyrant who is pushing the world toward the brink of destruction because his ego has never moved past the KGB failures in East Berlin. Shame. Shame on us Slavic men. We must stop this path of slavery to these tsars that rob us and our countrymen of everything, even hope. I pray for a democratic Slavic world. Free the Slavs; we are trapped by this monster
I am a Russian man who fled Russia and was granted asylum in the USA. I pray to God for Russia's liberation from its tyrant, who is steering the world towards the brink of destruction due to his ego still haunted by the KGB's failures in East Berlin. It is a shame, a disgrace upon us Slavic men. We must halt this path of servitude to these tyrants who plunder us and our fellow countrymen, leaving us devoid of even a glimmer of hope. I pray for a democratic Slavic world, free from the clutches of this monster. We Russian men reject this regime; please do not unleash nuclear devastation upon us, USA. The Russian people yearn desperately for peace from this villain. He is akin to an evil oil baron, reminiscent of characters from the first Dune movie, do you not agree?
@@Enlisttoday Bot
@@Enlisttoday Good
So they keep a dolphin in a crate till they need him? Poor thing
The World abandoned Ukraine in 2014, because, as always, the cost of oil was more important.
Answer: BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT
12 mile bridge??😮
They were very proud of it.... never mind.
I am Russian man who escape from Russia and get asylum in USA. I pray to God for Russia to be free from bad leader, who make world close to end because of his big ego still from KGB failures in East Berlin. It is very sad, big shame for us Slavic men. We need to stop follow these bad rulers who take everything from us, no hope left. I pray for democratic Slavic world, without this bad man. We Russian men say no to this government, don't believe Putin, USA. Russian people want peace so much from this bad man. He like evil oil boss, like in first Dune movie, you see?
@@Enlisttodaywhat a pity monologue. Russia want peace and democracy, but not Usa or Euro way. Obviously they are missed all leadership and ideology is very low level now
@@olgaflower7924 зачем вы с ботом общаетесь?
Did the guy in truck swim off after the first bombing
I am a Russian man who fled Russia and was granted asylum in the USA. I pray to God for Russia's liberation from its tyrant, who is steering the world towards the brink of destruction due to his ego still haunted by the KGB's failures in East Berlin. It is a shame, a disgrace upon us Slavic men. We must halt this path of servitude to these tyrants who plunder us and our fellow countrymen, leaving us devoid of even a glimmer of hope. I pray for a democratic Slavic world, free from the clutches of this monster. We Russian men reject this regime dont let putin fool you USA. The Russian people yearn desperately for peace from this villain. He is akin to an evil oil baron, reminiscent of characters from the first Dune movie, do you not agree?
20 km (please use metric units).
Kinda sad you’ve had your RUclips channel for 10 years and it’s probably safe to say your at least 20 years old and you don’t know simple conversion methods that were taught in elementary school.
Please, don't.
Either one is a long swim. But fun in a sailboat.
@@mikegate6764 USA, UK to some degree, Myanmar and Liberia are covered (~ 4-5% of the world's population).
If putler thinks he can keep that bridge safe he is crazy.
Unfortunately, Putin is being rescued from inside the United States by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
NATO made the bridge a key target. 😂
I don't understand why Ukraine doesn't prioritize attacking Russian air defenses around the Kerch bridge. That's the one location where Ukraine knows that the air defenses exist. Also, if Ukraine destroys the air defenses around the Kerch bridge, then Russia will move other air defense platforms away from other areas in Ukraine, in order to shore up the Kerch bridge air defenses. In effect, Ukraine can attack all of the Russian air defenses by focusing its efforts in the one limited area around the Kerch bridge.
Doing that with what rockets? With that distance to bridge from Frontline artillery pieces gonna so expensive (since you need a lot of it to suppress air defense), that repairing bridge won't look expensive in front of it.
Besides, we have land corridor, even downed bridge won't change much.
@@vladsome6026You don't suppress air defense. You attack and eliminate air defense.
@@scientificperspective1604 they are beign hunted of course, yet these units also fight for their survival. Sword and shield contest.
Crimea not occupied land but returnd to actuall their owner😊
Nope. Not since 1954. Crimea is Ukraine.
Civilian target not cool really . Thought you guys would understand that after 9/11.
It would be civilian if it was not used as main military supply line to Crimea.
✝️ 🙏🙏🙏 God bless Ukraine's freedom-loving people. ❤❤❤🕊️🇵🇭
I am a Russian man who escaped from Russia and was granted asylum in the USA. I pray to God for Russia to be free from its bad leader, who is bringing the world close to its end because of his huge ego still lingering from KGB failures in East Berlin. It is very sad, a great shame for us Slavic men. We need to stop following these bad rulers who take everything from us, leaving us with no hope. I pray for a democratic Slavic world, without this bad man. We Russian men say no to this government, don't believe Putin, USA. Russian people desperately want peace from this bad man. He's like an evil oil boss, similar to the characters in the first Dune movie, you understand? Putin even uses horses to carry his terrible ideas for the country while he punishes us severely in Siberian gulags for speaking against him. We want to be free, please have compassion; we are trapped and want the same freedom as the rest of the world. We desire no war; Putin is murdering anyone who doesn't obey his absolute evil authority. Slava ukraine free russia we want no more tzar.
he who defends all........
Russia can fix the bridge in 2 months but seattle can't fix west seattle bridge in 2 years.
Or if it’s the USA collpase
If US is in war and a bridge destroyed watch them fix that in 2 days and build like 100 bridge in a month that is US when they loss one they will multiple it a hundred times if they are at war of course.
@@hitsunataraki2587 ohayo! Hai dozo!
How does supplying Russia's Southern Front via the Crimean Bridge compare with using the overland route via Rostov-Mariupol-Melitopol?
nobody cares
propaganda needs
stupid question. Look closely at a map. Even you can work it out.
It's very essential. A *lot* of Russian army logistics is rail, and the lines run from the bridge through Crimea to the Southern Front. Which is why Russia is hurriedly building a line along the land-bridge of newly occupied territory. Bots are mad tho aren't they?
@@daviddavidson1417 Are there any rail or road supply lines along the Rostov-Mariupol-Melitopol overland route?
I am a Russian man who escaped from Russia and was granted asylum in the USA. I pray to God for Russia to be free from its bad leader, who is bringing the world close to its end because of his huge ego still lingering from KGB failures in East Berlin. It is very sad, a great shame for us Slavic men. We need to stop following these bad rulers who take everything from us, leaving us with no hope. I pray for a democratic Slavic world, without this bad man. We Russian men say no to this government, don't believe Putin, USA. Russian people desperately want peace from this bad man. He's like an evil oil boss, similar to the characters in the first Dune movie, you understand? Putin even uses horses to carry his terrible ideas for the country while he punishes us severely in Siberian gulags for speaking against him. We want to be free, please have compassion; we are trapped and want the same freedom as the rest of the world. We desire no war; Putin is murdering anyone who doesn't obey his absolute evil authority. Slava ukraine
WAIT. in red alert 2 the allies use the dolphins and giant squids for the soviets. so will NATO have Yuri?
Election year? … who are you kidding?
The bridge is 12 miles long why keep concentrating on the main span There's 11 miles that can be attact
When this bridge was built Ukrainians were saying that is sgi and that it doesn't exist. Because for them this is something huge. They haven't built anything in Crimea since the fall of the USSR , even roads.
This literally just didn't happen, I'm guessing you're just trying to cope? somehow? that's super weird comment to make overall. Every single word in this comment is a lie 🤷♂️ No one ever said its CGI, were not aborigines dude, we know what bridges are 🤦♂️ we did build roads, if you compared roads in 90s and now you would be in actual shock. not even gonna mention that one bridge in Kyiv that's literally still standing perfectly fine after three missile attacks directly at this bridge
Known for corruption and computer/financial crime schemes.
If it's a symbol for something it'd be that Russia invested in the regions infrastructure and successfully so, I don't like the comments that this bridge only exists as a manifestation of Putin's desire for power as an individual or to symbolize that it's part of Russia, these statements are so meaningless and just wild speculations that have no relation to reality
Since Crimea doesn't actually connect to Russia it is a symbol that it is somehow connected
It is also how the Russian military gets half of its supplies
Stop looking for symbols everywhere. Bridge is just a bridge. If you have a better and cheaper way to connect peninsula with a mainland, tell me? At first they considered an underground tunnel, similar to la manche. But later they decided it to be a bridge. In any way, either bridge or tunnel was required as there are no other access to penisula.
The point of the bridge was to solve the water, food, and tourist shortage caused by ruSSias occupation. As well as to supply Crimea as a military base to attack from. There was no need for the bridge before because there was no need for one. Meanwhile the quality of life in Crimea has deteriorated.
Civilian bridge, used by civilians for civilians.
@@maryanchabursky9148lie. Crimea was always more historically connected with Russia. And there were many plans for building such bridge in the past. But only after reunification with Russia it became possible.
There is no strategic point in attacking this target. There have been land roads for a long time. But these terrorist acts have an PR effect; propaganda savors every incident.
This is a major supply route for the war so it is a valid target. Plus, it’s an illegal bridge which Ukraine never okayed, it is poorly made and not structurally sound and it’s an environmental disaster.
@@JNosewicz7569 You are lying. It was never a supply route for the front; you can easily verify this by opening a map of battles and roads. Poorly built? LOL, Ukrainian propaganda claimed that it was impossible to build it. Ecological catastrophy? Where is the research on this topic?
Everything you wrote is a lie, except for the dissatisfaction of the Ukrainian government with this bridge. For them, this is a hated symbol that Russia is “building bridges,” and of course Zelensky will do everything to destroy it.
And...?
ulast time they attacked this bridge was last fall if not longer
Well, there's that bridge in Baltimore that came down rather easily, while this Crimea bridge is still standing strong despite numerous attacks. Is this Russian engineering at its best? Maybe Ukraine can try to ram this bridge with a 90,000 ton cargo ship.
they say today they took wounded European mercenaries out of Ukraine...with one blow they killed about 200 mercenaries and a bunch of wounded...they say this is a gift to Macron from Zelensky)))
What a load of tosh!
has no meaning, nor mention that Russia now has a rail link along the coast to supply Crimea
PR stunts is all Kiev is good at
All things simplified, the Kerch bridge is a key logistical route into southern Ukraine
All things simplified - *Attacking civilian infrastructure is terrorism.* As Ukraine started it then Russia has every right to any response against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
I am a Russian man who fled Russia and was granted asylum in the USA. I pray to God for Russia's liberation from its tyrant, who is steering the world towards the brink of destruction due to his ego still haunted by the KGB's failures in East Berlin. It is a shame, a disgrace upon us Slavic men. We must halt this path of servitude to these tyrants who plunder us and our fellow countrymen, leaving us devoid of even a glimmer of hope. I pray for a democratic Slavic world, free from the clutches of this monster. We Russian men reject this regime dont let putin fool you USA. The Russian people yearn desperately for peace from this villain. He is akin to an evil oil baron, reminiscent of characters from the first Dune movie, do you not agree?
I am a Russian man who fled Russia and was granted asylum in the USA. I pray to God for Russia's liberation from its tyrant, who is steering the world towards the brink of destruction due to his ego still haunted by the KGB's failures in East Berlin. It is a shame, a disgrace upon us Slavic men. We must halt this path of servitude to these tyrants who plunder us and our fellow countrymen, leaving us devoid of even a glimmer of hope. I pray for a democratic Slavic world, free from the clutches of this monster. We Russian men reject this regime dont let putin fool you USA. The Russian people yearn desperately for peace from this villain. He is akin to an evil oil baron, reminiscent of characters from the first Dune movie, do you not agree?
@@Enlisttoday Best of luck on your new life
@@stoopifzthat's literally a bot.
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😂 вас всех аж корёбит только при одной мысли о мосте. Смотрели бы в свой огород и рассуждали как его защитить
Я русский мужчина, сбежавший из России и получивший убежище в США. Я молюсь Богу, чтобы Россия была свободна от плохого лидера, который приближает мир к концу из-за своего большого эго, все еще вызванного неудачами КГБ в Восточном Берлине. Это очень печально, большой позор для нас, славянских мужчин. Нам нужно перестать следовать за этими плохими правителями, которые отбирают у нас все, и надежды не остается. Я молюсь за демократический славянский мир, без этого плохого человека. Мы, русские мужчины, говорим нет этому правительству, не верьте Путину, США. Русский народ так хочет мира от этого плохого человека. Он похож на злого нефтяного босса, как в первом фильме «Дюна», понимаете? Путин также использует лошадей, чтобы нести свои дерьмовые идеи для страны, в то время как он ругает нас в сибирском ГУЛАГе за то, что мы говорим, что это нам не на пользу.
Nato countries attacking the bridge
If you keep hitting it it will collapse like the bridge at remagen
I am Russian man who escape from Russia and get asylum in USA. I pray to God for Russia to be free from bad leader, who make world close to end because of his big ego still from KGB failures in East Berlin. It is very sad, big shame for us Slavic men. We need to stop follow these bad rulers who take everything from us, no hope left. I pray for democratic Slavic world, without this bad man. We Russian men say no to this government, don't believe Putin, USA. Russian people want peace so much from this bad man. He like evil oil boss, like in first Dune movie, you see?
Slava Ukraine 💛🇺🇦💙🇺🇦💚🇮🇪
Occupied or Returned?
Western Dogs 🤣🤣🤣
Let Ukraine have peace
All that Putin has to do for Ukraine to have peace is to take his army back to Russia and let them live in peace
But he wants to wipe them out so the war goes on
He's waging a war of genocide and the ICC has the arrest warrant out for him to prove it
Because they’re losing the war
The bridge will go down, if lucky it will completely block traffic in or out of the strait.
Bridge isn't gonna go down, Germans said it would take 20+ Taurus missiles and ukraine only has SU-24s in the single digits
Coral Bed Putin
@@curio78 The bridge can be destroyed in a multitude of ways, if it goes down into the Strait, it will block it for a significant period.
@@class.C The bridge can go down in a multitude of ways. When it goes down, it will block the Russians from accessing the Strait for a significant period.
The bridge will not go down and it will exist you like it or not connecting crimea to the rest of russia
Reason is purely political.
How did Ukrainians learn how to make maritime drones?
😂😂😂😂 es la OTAN
@@valentinortiz3718 Because Ukraine is smarter than you.
Of course brits are involved, they supply all parts and even technical specialists and ukrainians just assemble those drones
On a laptop: the real trick is to simulate night-vision imagery so it isn't so obvious how fake it is.
Perhaps they failed to get government approval before building the bridge?
ATACM - TAURUS - STORM SHADOW
A Bridge Too Far
The video might be informative if it weren't for the annoying background music. It's superfluous.
propaganda will never change
Absolutely, WSJ is always propaganda!
Hahahahah funny your Russia can't defeat the poorest country in Europe that is not even military powerful.
Ukraine power is just 0.000001% of U.S power. How weak Russia can be can't take a small country Ukraine. Hahahahahahha
@@PlayfulPinoyGamer go play videogames or something...
@@kasper-jw2441 Funny how about let's talk about Russian casualties 500 thousand and 100 thousands died in war?
@@PlayfulPinoyGamer sure, check history and how many people died from the russia side through ou the wars, then we maybe talk
i already can tell u dont know what ur talking about.
so go play video games mr pinogamer.
Crimea is to Russia what Gibraltar and Batumi are to the UK.
I love Crimea russia❤
Why? because Berlin and London are told them to do it.
I am a Russian man who escaped from Russia and was granted asylum in the USA. I pray to God for Russia to be free from its bad leader, who is bringing the world close to its end because of his huge ego still lingering from KGB failures in East Berlin. It is very sad, a great shame for us Slavic men. We need to stop following these bad rulers who take everything from us, leaving us with no hope. I pray for a democratic Slavic world, without this bad man. We Russian men say no to this government, don't believe Putin, USA. Russian people desperately want peace from this bad man. He's like an evil oil boss, similar to the characters in the first Dune movie, you understand? Putin even uses horses to carry his terrible ideas for the country while he punishes us severely in Siberian gulags for speaking against him. We want to be free, please have compassion; we are trapped and want the same freedom as the rest of the world. We desire no war; Putin is murdering anyone who doesn't obey his absolute evil authority. Slava ukraine
and the Bridge is still up hehhehhe
Lol before the construction of this bridge Russia had no problem capturing Crimea without firing a bullet and refuelling until the completion of the bridge which means that it will not change anything even if Ukraine managed to destroy it without forgetting that they have actuellement un corridor terrestre de la Russie jusqu’en Crimée 😮
Destroying the bridge would not "change anything"? So I guess it has been no problem for Russia to successfully invade the rest of Ukraine? I suspect that Russia is using that bridge to transport military supplies to support their continued occupation of Crimea as well as support their continued occupation and invasion of Ukraine. If you were advising Ukraine, you would suggest concentrating efforts elsewhere and not bother with the bridge?
Well, do you remember when they invaded Crimea? Ukraine was destabilized after the Revolt that effectively removed the Pro-Russian governement. Putin saw this coming, and swiftly used this destabilization to invade and "annex" Crimea. He also sent forces to Donbass, lead by Girkin.
@@jeffschroeder4805hey shroeder, successor of fascists, neother the fascists were able to capture Ukraine nor the west with its proxy banderite Ukraine will be able to do it. 😅
do you mean : Why Germany Keeps Attacking this bridge ?
Apparantly the bridge was just hit again. All traffic has been closed on the bridge.
HIMARS
A very silly headline question regarding that illegal bridge! 🤦😏
Build your own LEGAL bridge and do whatever you want with it.
Build bridges, not walls 😊
@@user-ki8pu6jr5i Build bridges...so you can stage military equipment and attack your neighbor from the south?
It complies to laws of country it was built in hence it's totally legal.
@@Max_Jacoby Annexing your neighbor is not legal…or moral.
Attacks on Kerch bridge keeps using Russian resources while at the same time making logistics over the bridge uncertain. Russian diverting of military supplies from the bridge route to their naval LST has made these LST vulnerable targets to Ukrainian sea drones.
There is a land based rail now. So i guess even if bridge was hit again it would still be useless.