Kerch Strait Bridge: Built by Russia Blown Up by Ukraine

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  • @megaprojects9649
    @megaprojects9649  Год назад +37

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    • @spongebota.i.selfawarepant4780
      @spongebota.i.selfawarepant4780 Год назад +3

      "it covers you up much your pants do" You know they're called trousers Simon, you don't have to pretend.

    • @briant5685
      @briant5685 Год назад +3

      are you sure ukrainians are a peaceful neighbour..???

    • @anothermike4825
      @anothermike4825 Год назад

      Or freeze/thaw of water in cracks will cause the bridge to deteriorate quickly.

    • @braddl9442
      @braddl9442 Год назад

      Blown up by USA special forced illegally most likely you mean.

    • @theblackhand6485
      @theblackhand6485 Год назад +2

      Good video. But way to late. This incident happened on the 8 of October 2022! And the whole world already digged into it and made video's about it.
      A suitable respons on such an event should be in just couple of weeks after occurring. Thank you.

  • @jackh5489
    @jackh5489 Год назад +70

    The second longest bridge in Europe is actually the Storebælt Bridge in Denmark, with it's 17 km. However it's has curiously been divides in an eastern and a western section by the media, apparently since it crosses an island, but so does the Kerch Strait Bridge....Go figure..

    • @derrickfoster644
      @derrickfoster644 Год назад +3

      I would imagine the difference is you can get on or off the bridge on that island. You can't do it on this one.

    • @jackh5489
      @jackh5489 Год назад +6

      @@derrickfoster644 Nope, there's only a ramp for emergency vehicles to the train tunnel, that runs parallel to the bridge..

    • @derrickfoster644
      @derrickfoster644 Год назад +3

      @Jack H Maybe because the road is on the island in the middle instead of bridging over the island

    • @BigSnipp
      @BigSnipp Год назад +8

      Denmark isn't even a real place.

    • @Bacopa68
      @Bacopa68 Год назад +1

      Lake Pontchartrain causeway in Louisiana has them beat.

  • @samnemeth-smyth6109
    @samnemeth-smyth6109 Год назад +101

    OK, that joke at 10:50 about Putin in his bunker made me crack up 😂😂
    Simon's not taking prisoners 😂

    • @andrewday3206
      @andrewday3206 Год назад +1

      Great comment!

    • @maxdanielj
      @maxdanielj Год назад

      Puty is more likely to go out like Hussein or Qaddafi than Hitler

    • @LennoxMatt1
      @LennoxMatt1 Год назад +2

      Except Danny and Sam, those are prisoners he will take 😂

    • @samnemeth-smyth6109
      @samnemeth-smyth6109 Год назад

      @LennoxMatt1 those two aren't prisoners though 😂 they're slaves he keeps in the Blazement

    • @jonathanmichaelsmith9012
      @jonathanmichaelsmith9012 Год назад +1

      Gotta love that dry, British humour.

  • @ianshaver8954
    @ianshaver8954 Год назад +172

    That’s a nice bridge you have there. Be a pity if something were to happen to it.

  • @ellisvener5337
    @ellisvener5337 Год назад +97

    The writing and delivery of information on this channel is uniformly excellent. This episode in particular. The span of history and geology conveyed in such a short video is very impressive.

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 Год назад +7

      Love the absolutely brutality towards Putin. Way too many youtube channels don't have that level of guts.

    • @timfriday9106
      @timfriday9106 Год назад +2

      hard agree. Whistle boy is dope. you should check out his other channels too. he has like 13. Homie puts in work.

    • @francislutz8027
      @francislutz8027 Год назад +2

      Simon's delivery is similar to British radio sound bites I've heard in movies from the 1920s-1960s.

  • @QueenetBowie
    @QueenetBowie Год назад +511

    Solid coverage. I think most of us can appreciate engineering accomplishments without endorsing the governments who built them.

    • @antiglobalistgorilla
      @antiglobalistgorilla Год назад +9

      Sorta hard not too… showing how efficient the government is

    • @markstott6689
      @markstott6689 Год назад +22

      ​@@antiglobalistgorilla 🤣🤣🤣

    • @GaneshDevdas
      @GaneshDevdas Год назад

      @@antiglobalistgorilla LMAO😁🤣🤪
      If you ment Razzian MOB leader Poo-tin or that damn bridge...
      I'd bet: Not for long...😈
      * Razzia - means incursion, invasion, raid😁
      Слава Україні (Glory to Ukraine)!!!

    • @Joe-Dead
      @Joe-Dead Год назад

      @@antiglobalistgorilla LMAO...'efficient' efficient at corruption you mean.

    • @Pwnopolis
      @Pwnopolis Год назад +20

      @@antiglobalistgorilla *inefficient*

  • @Hillbilly001
    @Hillbilly001 Год назад +39

    Not true! A soldier smoking in the wrong place did it. Or some other such nonsense. Cheers

    • @Doggy-B
      @Doggy-B Год назад +4

      I thought it was because of someone using their mobile phone on a plane. 😜

    • @Doggy-B
      @Doggy-B Год назад +3

      Honestly, he likes driving over the bridge so much, maybe it was putin who did it in a false flag and fake his own death while not actually dying or being injured in any way style of thing. 🤣

    • @Meatsweats_o_O
      @Meatsweats_o_O Год назад +2

      billionaire fell out of the trucks window.

    • @glenncordova4027
      @glenncordova4027 Год назад

      Don't believe propaganda of decadent, decaying collective West, it was due to smoking accident according to plan. LOL

    • @cpedersenatgmailcom
      @cpedersenatgmailcom Год назад +3

      Yeah, they shouldn't have built the bridge from fuses and dynamite. That's a rookie move.

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus Год назад +96

    Great video! I was stunned by the footage at the start (that I'd never seen before) of the blown-up spans hanging in the sea!
    This suggests that the bridge was much more badly damaged than I had thought.

    • @matthewmcclary7855
      @matthewmcclary7855 Год назад +7

      This was misinformation to me. It's the old blast last year. I've been saying Ukraine needs to destroy that bridge from day one. I don't need the history, they love movie made by Russia, or click bait. Destroy the bridge totally and let me know when it happens.

    • @jonlee2217
      @jonlee2217 Год назад +1

      @@matthewmcclary7855 You sound like a troll, go away.

    • @Keiranful
      @Keiranful Год назад +8

      @@matthewmcclary7855 then pray that the AFU reaches Melitopol. At that point the bridge will be in GLSDB range. Good luck using or repairing the bridge then. Once they reach Crimea proper, they can shell it with regular HIMARS rockets.

    • @matthewmcclary7855
      @matthewmcclary7855 Год назад +1

      @@Keiranful I do. Respect

    • @MrPeterPan
      @MrPeterPan Год назад +2

      This video was Misinforming people and biased.

  • @dorrinw9560
    @dorrinw9560 Год назад +69

    Wow! I highly enjoy this channel and the stories it share. But today's surprise was the political observation at the end. Today, too many RUclips channels take such a bland stance to anything, so as not to offend or be censored, that today's show was a refreshing shower of truth. Bravo for your integrity. It makes me pleasingly proud to be able to see you and your show. Keep up the good work.

    • @3xceIIent
      @3xceIIent Год назад +9

      @@tommycrenshaw42 The irony of calling Ukraine fascist instead of Russia is just too good. It doesn't fit the bill perfectly, but it's the closest a country has come since ww2.

    • @maxdanielj
      @maxdanielj Год назад +3

      One of his channels did a video on scientology so they're obviously fearless

    • @mikestrom6178
      @mikestrom6178 Год назад

      @@3xceIIent Christ sakes, Ukraine has openly nazi battalions, Russia has open nazis in political power (as much as one gets with Putin), both are pretty awful countries with awful governments. Quit simping for the corrupt fascists the tv tells you is the good guy now.

  • @DougGrinbergs
    @DougGrinbergs Год назад +10

    2:44 cable car 9:25 2014 Crimea 11:05 2015 bridge planning 14:02 explosion 16:29 impeccable timing or coincidence that got roadway and rail bridge? 17:52 quick repairs, officially reopened Jan. 2023

  • @thedungeondelver
    @thedungeondelver Год назад +96

    The radar reflectors thing is funny. There's no self-radar-guided surface-to-surface or air-to-surface missiles aimed at that bridge. If it's hit with PGM they'll be GPS guided or Laser guided.

    • @morstyrannis1951
      @morstyrannis1951 Год назад

      Some oligarch billed the state for all that gear. And Putin received 50%. So shut up comrade unless you want to suffer a tragic window accident.

    • @ms3862
      @ms3862 Год назад +24

      Anti air systems, radar reflector, ships with mirror reflectors, training dolphins etc etc. but the drunk vatnik manning the Road checkpoint said yes sure drive that truck bomb over I won't bother checking the cargo

    • @AndriiMalenko
      @AndriiMalenko Год назад

      You can spoof GPS either.

    • @BlueScreenOfDeathPL
      @BlueScreenOfDeathPL Год назад +4

      @@AndriiMalenko There are also inertial systems (worse accuracy). If you throw enough, some of „it” will stick.
      How wasteful (lives, work, resources) are these wars is beyond imagination... and yet some considered it worth it.

    • @AndriiMalenko
      @AndriiMalenko Год назад +2

      @@BlueScreenOfDeathPL I know about IMU. Actually, if this is a large enough gyroscope (not MEMS, but a spinning block on a gimbal), it can be quite accurate.

  • @deavo74
    @deavo74 Год назад +46

    I look forward to the follow up video where it gets destroyed again!

    • @huwzebediahthomas9193
      @huwzebediahthomas9193 Год назад +3

      Destroy the Bridge v.2
      Coming to a gaming shop near to you, soon. 👍

    • @giantmanice
      @giantmanice Год назад +4

      The sequel we need

    • @NN-rw2vn
      @NN-rw2vn Год назад +2

      @@giantmanice and the one you won't get

    • @giantmanice
      @giantmanice Год назад

      @@NN-rw2vn 🥸

  • @mattfleming86
    @mattfleming86 Год назад +29

    I clicked this REAL fast hoping it was a Suchomimus video and it happened again 😂

  • @scottjackson1420
    @scottjackson1420 Год назад +6

    I was today years old when I learned that "tailback" is British slang for a traffic jam.

  • @KevinDC5
    @KevinDC5 Год назад +111

    dont be afraid of tackling difficult subjects.. Not all of us out here get upset about the world of disinformation, but see it for what it is, propaganda,accept it and yet are willing to learn the truth. Great Work once again! From Texas!🤘🤘

    • @linmal2242
      @linmal2242 Год назад +3

      Yes, critics be damned. Good engineering is good engineering !

    • @shifusensei6442
      @shifusensei6442 Год назад +5

      I'm going to preface this by saying that I in no way shape or form support Russia or it's unjustifiable war because I know that I'm likely going to get flamed into oblivion for saying it.
      It's important to remember that no one is immune to propaganda, no one. Simon is ostensibly biased, and rightly so. That being said, it's a lot easier to identify propaganda from the outside looking in.
      Case in point, at 18:35 even though the subject matter expert quoted here explicitly stated he wasn't sure whether the safety checks were made, a lot of people are going to accept it as fact that they weren't.

    • @Max-hw7xl
      @Max-hw7xl Год назад

      horrible dictatorships have built crazy structures. this is on par with the U-boat pens in France or the Flak towers in Berlin. Built by a regime where everyone deserves death, yet engineering wise, worth covering. not that this bridge is gonna last anywhere near as long as the aforementioned structures

    • @TonkarzOfSolSystem
      @TonkarzOfSolSystem Год назад +1

      @@shifusensei6442 It'd take months of inspections and testing to carry out checks like that. They most likely weren't done - there's a reason that usually when bridges are affected by problems like this (rarely the result of an actual bomb) they prefer to knock the whole thing down and rebuild it.

    • @shifusensei6442
      @shifusensei6442 Год назад +1

      @@TonkarzOfSolSystem you're kind of missing the point aren't you?

  • @kosminuskosminus6668
    @kosminuskosminus6668 Год назад +4

    It was rebuilded and curently functional this fact reported by NBC

  • @martinstallard2742
    @martinstallard2742 Год назад +170

    1:30 a tortured history
    6:16 bridge over troubled waters
    10:20 build the bridge
    14:01 ka-boom
    17:06 rebuilt for now

    • @ScribeHolder
      @ScribeHolder Год назад +7

      For now indeed

    • @bicelisGeopolitics
      @bicelisGeopolitics Год назад +4

      @@ScribeHolder thanks sir

    • @martynanstis1620
      @martynanstis1620 Год назад +11

      Russia relies on rail transport for military supplies. It is still not functional and as such those supplies are moving very very slowly.

    • @sharithabodhakhedun2305
      @sharithabodhakhedun2305 Год назад +1

      Hit it more into the sea a great help to Ukraine

    • @RealMakoi
      @RealMakoi Год назад +1

      Bridge traffic FROM Russia on side blown up.

  • @huwzebediahthomas9193
    @huwzebediahthomas9193 Год назад +95

    All things aside, the speed that they built it was very highly impressive. Barely two years it took. That is Olympic gold medal speed of multi road and rail bridge building rate of pace.

    • @universeisundernoobligatio3283
      @universeisundernoobligatio3283 Год назад +41

      In Russia there system is "where there is a whip there is a way"

    • @huwzebediahthomas9193
      @huwzebediahthomas9193 Год назад +21

      @@universeisundernoobligatio3283
      An extended holiday away from the Gulags, yes. 👍🙃

    • @TonkarzOfSolSystem
      @TonkarzOfSolSystem Год назад +21

      In engineering they say "you can have it fast, cheap or good, pick any two". I bet the bridge wasn't cheap - and frankly it's probably not good either.

    • @paddington1670
      @paddington1670 Год назад +6

      yeah sure, and 6 years of prefabbing mmmhmmmmmm.

    • @morstyrannis1951
      @morstyrannis1951 Год назад

      “Olympic gold medal speed”
      You do remember the Sochi Olympics and how the Soviets, err Russians, “won” their medals, don’t you? Olympic calibre state sponsored cheating.
      Virtually everything the Soviets and now the Russians tout as some incredible feat of engineering inevitability turns out to be complete shite with a coat of red paint. As with their pathetic military, you can be sure that a large fraction of money for engineering this bridge was siphoned off for oligarchs’ mega yachts in Cyprus. Will that corruption cause the bridge to collapse? Only time will tell.

  • @fgialcgorge7392
    @fgialcgorge7392 Год назад +1

    "Sick Burn"
    Laconic AF
    Nice

  • @adamlake9507
    @adamlake9507 Год назад +1

    This series is going to be unreal

  • @jimbanks206
    @jimbanks206 Год назад +3

    I never knew about that bridge until now and HOW satisfying it is :)

    • @es68951
      @es68951 Год назад +1

      Most satisfying thing is seeing it explode :)

  • @groovefam
    @groovefam Год назад +4

    Good work with the archive videos and love the script. Keep it going

  • @damianousley8833
    @damianousley8833 Год назад +18

    The bridge pylons were perhaps not as badly damaged as it seems it was mainly bridge decking that went down, which only rest on the pylons/piers and are not concreted permanently attached to them. Many bridges that were bombed during WW 2 in Europe were rebuilt on existing pylons, some of which were damaged and rebuilt. Most of these bridges still stand today or have been replaced or upgraded with newer structures over 75 years on.

    • @dougaldouglas8842
      @dougaldouglas8842 Год назад +1

      Just look at the structure to see the obvious, that it was strong, extremely well made. We could do without the politics,

    • @Youwotm8Tk
      @Youwotm8Tk Год назад

      @@dougaldouglas8842 If Putin would just fuck off there would be no politics around the bridge.

    • @dougaldouglas8842
      @dougaldouglas8842 Год назад

      @@Youwotm8Tk But if he did, the bent governments would look for someone to demonize, and people follow that one.
      I keep out of the politics of evil governments, one sporting how good they are, along with another. Overpaid shit heads.

    • @es68951
      @es68951 Год назад +2

      Cool. Can't wait to see it get blown up again.

    • @Zeknif1
      @Zeknif1 Год назад +1

      One of the post explosion videos showed a rather large vertical crack and significant corrosion runoff seeping from it on the Crimea end of the damaged section. Fairly far off from the explosion.
      On the train bridge, enough heat penetrated the concrete to cause damage via the expansion of the rebar. It’s possible that enough heat penetrated the concrete to cause weakening of the structural steal of the support column that was directly under one of the burning fuel tankers, as video showed the high wind was blowing the wind under and around said column. They’ll be able to use it, but they probably won’t be able to send shipments of tanks over the rail bridge.

  • @CalinCosma
    @CalinCosma Год назад +147

    Not avoiding the "political" side (aka being a decent human) is what made this video 1000 times better. Excellent job, Simon.

    • @tommycrenshaw42
      @tommycrenshaw42 Год назад +6

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @peterh.1593
      @peterh.1593 Год назад +15

      CNN approved

    • @GeorgeStar
      @GeorgeStar Год назад

      @@peterh.1593 Fox Fake News approved.

    • @mariusvanc
      @mariusvanc Год назад +3

      I mean, "genocidal"...? ok

    • @CalinCosma
      @CalinCosma Год назад +4

      @@mariusvanc not sure what you're trying to say.

  • @Luca-wm9er
    @Luca-wm9er Год назад +22

    Fingers crossed for bunker history once again on my side too

    • @user-ns1ls7zb6g
      @user-ns1ls7zb6g Год назад

      Русские кинжалом вскрыли бункер на украине, он был рассчитан на ядерный удар!

  • @Latwis
    @Latwis Год назад +3

    Great, as always, thank you!

  • @tapio_m6861
    @tapio_m6861 Год назад +7

    Kerch Bridge on fire! Your defense is terrified!

    • @xLunday
      @xLunday Год назад +1

      Now that song is in my head. Thanks, lol 😅

  • @wobby1516
    @wobby1516 Год назад +2

    Totally agree with your sentiments, let’s hope the sooner the better.

  • @danielkington2984
    @danielkington2984 Год назад +7

    Please can we have a Warographics special on the 1991 sieges of Vukovar and Dubrovnik, Croatia in 1991? The tank battles, urban fighting and tactical/strategic errors made are hugely relevant to today’s war in Ukraine. It was the biggest war in Europe since 1945 and seems to be repeatedly overlooked by experts and historians when various comparisons are made with Putin’s war in the media. Thanks.

  • @extraordinary_ordinary
    @extraordinary_ordinary Год назад +7

    Simon is straight up dropping some savage remarks on Putin. Gotta love that.

    • @PhilJonesIII
      @PhilJonesIII Год назад +1

      Funny because I thought he was talking about the USA at first. Nord Stream news has gone very quiet, don't you think?

  • @Shmalentine
    @Shmalentine Год назад +182

    As a Ukrainian I feel compelled to commend Simon on making it unequivocally clear where he stands on the Russian invasion. Thank you for your courage and support. (That's aside from putting out massive quantities of amazing quality content). Cheers. ✌

    • @xntumrfo9ivrnwf
      @xntumrfo9ivrnwf Год назад +11

      Ha, I literally came here to say something similar. Sorted by newest and your comment was the latest. I'm not Ukrainian, but I 110% agree with the rest of your comment - I very much appreciate how clear Simon makes his position on the invasion.

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 Год назад +16

      There are as many good reasons to support Ukraine as there are decent, civilized people in the world. Simon proves to be one of these. I strongly believe that this support must be absolute, to complete victory and liberation, and beyond. This view is shared by an extreme amount of people, while those with opposite views are extremely few (regardsless of what Russky trolls try to make it look like). Ukraine, stay confident, full of spirit and *inspiration.* Slava Ukraini! Heroyam Slava! Stay safe! 🌻💙💛🌻

    • @devincorns409
      @devincorns409 Год назад +10

      Slava ukraine! I’m here in the US we got your back friend.

    • @slcpunk2740
      @slcpunk2740 Год назад +6

      Слава Україні! Героям слава!

    • @AnDy-of3mj
      @AnDy-of3mj Год назад

      What about all the Nazis and war crimes against the ethnic Russians in Donbass since 2014? Selective outrage, tell me do you get all your opinions from the news?

  • @stefanschleps8758
    @stefanschleps8758 Год назад +12

    Good on you guys at MP! Kudos for taking a stand on the issue.
    Stand on the right side of history. Peace.
    Sic Semper Tyrannis

    • @mikestrom6178
      @mikestrom6178 Год назад

      Yea support the right nazis 🙄🤡 this isn’t even a lesser of two evils situation, it’s just all bs.

  • @mickgudgeon6402
    @mickgudgeon6402 Год назад +3

    Eloquent and right closing comment.. human ingenuity should be celebrated, but only with context..

  • @chuck.reichert83
    @chuck.reichert83 Год назад +4

    Can you do a video on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel? Thats a MegaProject

  • @Special_K_42069
    @Special_K_42069 10 месяцев назад +1

    A fascinating tale of hubris and engineering prowess. 10/10 video.

  • @Sienisota
    @Sienisota Год назад +1

    Great analysis and recap.

  • @briangriffiths4833
    @briangriffiths4833 Год назад +3

    Well said Simon!

  • @cyrilio
    @cyrilio Год назад +8

    Request for a Megaprojects about the 'Zuidas', the business district in Amsterdam. Dozens of massive 'skyscrapers' haven been built in past 2 decades. It also has one of the most busy train/metro stations in the Netherlands.

    • @frisianmouve
      @frisianmouve Год назад +2

      Not the only area with tall buildings, they're not even that tall or impressive by international standards. We can be happy with the Delta works, building an entire province out of the sea and our excellent cycling infrastructure

  • @Chrisamic
    @Chrisamic Год назад +2

    As Jimmy Carr once said: "Hitler wasn't all bad. He DID shoot Hitler".

  • @stephanelegrand8181
    @stephanelegrand8181 Год назад

    Nice vid Thanks ! missed the 2d one lets see !

  • @Kevin-iv3lv
    @Kevin-iv3lv Год назад +3

    Great content keep it up

  • @BigDaddy-yp4mi
    @BigDaddy-yp4mi Год назад +3

    there was a powered barge-like device UNDER the bridge. SubBrief channel has the actual video.

  • @ronaldlebeck9577
    @ronaldlebeck9577 Год назад +1

    Artur Rehi, the guy who is an Estonian reservist that has been reporting on things concerning the war in Ukraine, had reported on the bridge six months ago (see his video, "Who blew up the Crimean bridge?"). 50 seconds into his video, he has some comments that he reads (and shows them on screen) that gives a a far better explanation on how the bridge could be destroyed.

  • @clausbohm9807
    @clausbohm9807 Год назад +1

    Great backstory of the bridge ... good to know!

  • @lylerolleman1564
    @lylerolleman1564 Год назад +18

    A point of challenge for Ukraine is deploying the required explosive power to the bridge to meaningfully damage it. HIMARS missiles, while terrifyingly accurate and with exceptional range, would do little more than blow a pothole in the thing. Maybe Neptune AS missiles could do it, but getting them into range and impact without being intercepted would be a significant challenge

    • @cyberGEK
      @cyberGEK Год назад +4

      🚀Слава Нептуну🔥
      🌻Слава Україні!🔱
      🇺🇦Героям Слава! 💪

    • @airplanenut89
      @airplanenut89 Год назад

      They are supposed to be getting the GLSDB. Some of those targeted for support structures could do significant damage.

    • @seankane8628
      @seankane8628 Год назад +2

      Nothing a barge loaded with ammonium nitrate wouldn't cure

    • @MrThartofwar
      @MrThartofwar Год назад

      This is the terrorist attack on a civilian Russian bridge, that gave legitimacy to Russia targeting Ukrainian infrastructure…how that work out for Ukraine?

    • @Einygmar
      @Einygmar Год назад +1

      Ukraine can use naval drones do damage or destroy one of the pylons, if I'm not mistaken one such drone has around 250 kg of explosive charge. Using them with some decoy drones can overwhelm any defense system. And considering those drones were already spotted in Sevastopol, as soon as Ukraine retakes the coast of the sea of Azov it will be able to launch them directly to the bridge.

  • @hiroshi138
    @hiroshi138 Год назад +3

    Gibraltar- Africa bridge concept has entered the comments 😅

  • @4evaavfc
    @4evaavfc Год назад +1

    Good video. Keep up the good work!

  • @danlemke6407
    @danlemke6407 Год назад

    Well put.

  • @CYCLONE4499
    @CYCLONE4499 Год назад +31

    By all means publish as much info about the bridge as possible. That way any interested parties can learn better how to destroy it later.

    • @pilotmanpaul
      @pilotmanpaul Год назад +2

      It's a civilian bridge with people who are living there lives normally using it. How can you endorse literally terrorism?! How is this behaviour normal at all?!

    • @Einygmar
      @Einygmar Год назад +1

      @@pilotmanpaul It's a state-owned piece of infrastructure. And considering the circumstances It's disingenuous to call it civilian, it's double-purpose to say the least.

    • @xessenceofinsanityx
      @xessenceofinsanityx Год назад

      @@pilotmanpaul it's a commonly used tactic in warfare to destroy 'civilian' infrastructure such as trainlines and bridges when they're being used for troop mobilization and supply by the enemy. Quite frankly, it's the smart thing to do. If you can't capture the infrastructure, then you destroy it. Best way to cut off an enemy's supply line 🤷‍♀ hardly anything 'new' or 'shocking'

  • @kjaubrey4816
    @kjaubrey4816 Год назад +4

    That was a great Episode. Well done, Simon and crew.

  • @gatsbysgarage8389
    @gatsbysgarage8389 Год назад +2

    “Nice burn”

  • @colrodrick8784
    @colrodrick8784 Год назад

    Marvellous video thanks.

  • @Mykola_Kovalenko
    @Mykola_Kovalenko Год назад +11

    Good video. It covers a vast chunk of history about Crimea. But one thing is needed to be add here - as a preparation to invasion to Crimea in 2014 there was a smaller act of aggression from Russia in 2003 known as Tuzla Island conflict. Russia one day just began construction on a dam from the Taman Peninsula towards Tuzla island which still officially belongs to Ukraine. There were some tensions between our countries, but all was resolved between our pro-russian president Kuchma and Putin. As a result, Tuzla defacto came under Russia's control. This was Ukraine's first concession of its sovereignty, and a signal to all smart people that it wouldn't be the last. Right after that, in 2004, there was an invasion of Georgia, and even more people in Ukraine started to belive that we are the next. And that did happen in 2014.
    I belive that Tuzla event was a probe of Ukraine's possible response. And after Putin saw that there almost nothing he finally desided to invade Crimea at the moment of greatest instability in Ukraine. And ones againe our government responed nothing. So Putin desided to do such a trick again, but with almost all Ukraine and failed, because Ukraine society have changed from 2014.

    • @sarmatianns
      @sarmatianns Год назад

      @@joaocosta3374 Yeah, Russians are like Orcs from Lord of the Rings and Putin is like Sauron.

    • @mitchyoung93
      @mitchyoung93 Год назад +1

      Georgia was invaded in 2008, after it had sent troops into two areas that had been autonomous since the break up of the Soviet Union.

    • @sergeykish
      @sergeykish Год назад

      ​@@mitchyoung93 RF occupied territories of Georgia, provocations from occupants - obviously RF "response" was planned in advance.
      You can also claim that RF invasion 24.02.2022 was "response" to actions on RF occupied Ukrainian Donbas.

    • @mitchyoung93
      @mitchyoung93 Год назад +1

      @@sergeykish Well there are some indications that Ukraine was about to renew offensives against Donbas. We know now from Poroshenko and Merkel that Minsk I and II were simply to allow Ukraine to get stronger. Donbas voted for autonomy way back in 1994 when the RF was a basket case. Same period when Abkhazia and South Ossetia fought to gain autonomy.

    • @sergeykish
      @sergeykish Год назад

      @@mitchyoung93 is this the reason Nazi RF invaded Crimea and Donbas in 2014? RF invaders claim there would be no war without them. How on Earth do you claim RF invasion that killer hundreds of thousands people since 2014 is a justified? I am Russian speaking, I've been to Donetsk, Crimea would you claim Ukraine has to live people Nazi RF occupation? Would you be happy if Bucha was not liberated and RF claimed people were in support of "RF liberation"? RF occupants war is not about autonomy, these regions under Nazi RF control.
      Nazi supporter, please relocate to RF.

  • @DodgeI
    @DodgeI Год назад +4

    the 2nd best thing to appreciating some marvellous engineering is watching some marvellous engineering go boom!

  • @EDDDDDM
    @EDDDDDM Год назад

    Thanks!

  • @carmencrincoli
    @carmencrincoli Год назад +8

    Really digging this new "Putin Megahumiliations" subchannel. Still adheres to the spirit and engineering wonder of the main channel, but with a deep focus on all the ways Putin has embarrassed himself on the world stage over the last several years. The sheer quantity of bots wailing about how unfair this is tells me you're doing it right. 👍

    • @pilotmanpaul
      @pilotmanpaul Год назад

      So... people who are not liking taking sides on a channel that is supposed to be purely about technology and the marvel of science are... bots?
      Look, hate Putin all you want. But I came here for science and technology not how much you think of a Dictator that it seeps into videos that is about a bridge.

  • @peterkirby1753
    @peterkirby1753 Год назад +3

    Great job Simon and co for not pulling any punches on this 👍

  • @stanislemovsky5590
    @stanislemovsky5590 Год назад +1

    13:28 is that Putin cutting off the other driver, pushing him on the hard shoulder? lol

  • @kevincooper3727
    @kevincooper3727 Год назад +9

    That bridge is going to make a good reef just like the Russian navy.

  • @gardnert1
    @gardnert1 Год назад +24

    It'll be an interesting case study in how modern structures decay and fall apart without regular maintenance once it is knocked out and Crimea is re-taken.

    • @archiepilcher6727
      @archiepilcher6727 Год назад +3

      "Crimea is re-taken" 😂😂😂 I wouldn't hold my breath lol

    • @robertp457
      @robertp457 Год назад

      @@archiepilcher6727 why is that surprising? A much larger country with a massive military is throwing tens of thousands of lives away against a much smaller country with a much smaller military and barely making any progress.

    • @soakupthesunman
      @soakupthesunman Год назад +1

      LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL🤡🤡🤡

    • @Einygmar
      @Einygmar Год назад

      It would probably be knocked out way before Ukrainian army steps into Crimea. It's a critical supply line and destroying it is crucial for success.

    • @mikesemus9773
      @mikesemus9773 Год назад

      @@robertp457 According to who exactly? The Media who are shilling for war like their pay packets depend on it (because they do)? Also Putin has no interest in levelling Ukraine, he could do that in less than a week if he wanted, he is just waiting whilst the West throws billions in tax payers money at the most corrupt regime literally in the world. Look it up, Ukraine been top of the corruption charts for a long time now, hell they were even in-fighting over which groups got the "aid" money. Plus Ukraine is forcefully conscripting fighting age men at gunpoint. Recent US leaked documents specifically state that they KNOW Ukraine has no chance, but they don't give a damn, they want to supply EU with fracked gas and doesn't matter how many Ukrainians or Russians die for their greed.

  • @tmcb_
    @tmcb_ Год назад

    Thanks for this...

  • @georgeroach7499
    @georgeroach7499 Год назад

    BRAVO, Well done, thank you for showing some Balls

  • @victoriaeads6126
    @victoriaeads6126 Год назад +8

    The history of Russia's...uh.... Relationship? with Sebastopol would be a really interesting video, Simon and crew!

  • @johannes2273
    @johannes2273 Год назад +80

    Simon, if you would have waited 1 or two weeks longer you could ve made a video of second and final blow up also

    • @TheBlackIdentety
      @TheBlackIdentety Год назад +53

      Why waste an opportunity to make a second video? 😂

    • @Murray9452
      @Murray9452 Год назад +7

      There's a delusional true believer.

    • @JakeTheTrouserSnake
      @JakeTheTrouserSnake Год назад +18

      I smell a PT.2 incoming, or maybe that's just rocket fuel... 😅

    • @TheBlackIdentety
      @TheBlackIdentety Год назад +1

      @@Murray9452 Aww, he hurt your feeling, genocide supporter?

    • @rowaystarco
      @rowaystarco Год назад +25

      @@Murray9452 If Ukraine indeed manage a spring offensive, they could absolutely be able to hit the bridge again.

  • @unggrabb
    @unggrabb Год назад +1

    Good to see the bridge go, soon

  • @nickraschke4737
    @nickraschke4737 Год назад

    Spot on.

  • @uvinvidanapathirana5747
    @uvinvidanapathirana5747 Год назад +8

    RIP for the 5 people who lost their lives that day.

  • @remcodevries536
    @remcodevries536 Год назад +5

    Hey Simon i was wondering if you could do a video about the millau viaduct in France.
    I've seen it in real life, it's really fking impressive

    • @andrewmulqueen2697
      @andrewmulqueen2697 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/T50HZexQkRs/видео.html

    • @jmikewalsh
      @jmikewalsh Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/T50HZexQkRs/видео.html

  • @vikinghamer
    @vikinghamer Год назад

    Thank you for a great video.

  • @activat0rz
    @activat0rz Год назад +1

    13:54 that's a seriously stone cold delivery of that sentence

  • @universeisundernoobligatio3283
    @universeisundernoobligatio3283 Год назад +3

    With Russia it always has been "where there is a whip there is a way"

    • @huwzebediahthomas9193
      @huwzebediahthomas9193 Год назад +2

      We're all going for
      a Summer working holiday,
      away from our Gulags.
      🎶👍😎

  • @edreusser4741
    @edreusser4741 Год назад +55

    As a student of history, I can deeply only hope your conclusions are the way it turns out.

    • @dustin7405
      @dustin7405 Год назад

      And i’m sure you’ll praise all the civilian deaths that happen on that bridge when it happens. Disgusting.

    • @johnjames2470
      @johnjames2470 Год назад +11

      GIGO. Garbage in / garbage out is the only way to describe Simon's propaganda.

    • @dimadima9693
      @dimadima9693 Год назад

      Yanukovych-Putin's man??..Tatar genocide in Crimea? Friend, could you keep your propaganda labels for yourself and tell me about the wonderful bridge?)))Kerch bridge - a symbol of violence?))) Most likely the opposite. At first I watched Simon's megaprojects and respected him, but now I see what a disgusting person he is..

    • @jonlee2217
      @jonlee2217 Год назад +4

      @@johnjames2470 You'd know a lot about garbage John.

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 Год назад +1

      @@johnjames2470 - He's completely oblivious to the reality that the Maidan was a US coup.

  • @dennis2376
    @dennis2376 Год назад

    Thank you.

  • @Ro-Bucks
    @Ro-Bucks Год назад +9

    It was actualy more then on drone ship, I feel bad for the trucker who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    • @dimadima9693
      @dimadima9693 Год назад

      Yes) In this video, the life of a person who was used in the dark is neglected and they wish even more troubles and destruction..

    • @kosher4418
      @kosher4418 Год назад

      Among the dead on the Crimean Bridge was a married couple from St. Petersburg, Mash reports. 33-year-old Zoya and 53-year-old Eduard were driving a Cadillac over the bridge at the time of the truck explosion. The couple reportedly had a historical education, were well-known guides in St. Petersburg. Zoya and Eduard were seriously interested in history, led a family RUclips channel Hedgehog ("Hedgehog TV") about history. They told the audience about the Romanov dynasty, filmed and edited documentaries. Read the new details: The truck that blew up the Crimean Bridge could have been "charged" with a bomb at a service station. A couple of tourist guides died on the Crimean Bridge: footage of video bloggers

  • @LetsBringThePain
    @LetsBringThePain Год назад +24

    A most expensive temporary bridge 😀

  • @lorigoldesberry2438
    @lorigoldesberry2438 Год назад

    Awesome Simon

  • @archumwelten7135
    @archumwelten7135 Год назад +1

    Well said 👍

  • @lvmickey13
    @lvmickey13 Год назад +15

    Simon woke up and chose violence. I love it! Oh and also a very informative and interesting video, keep it up!

    • @es68951
      @es68951 Год назад +1

      Putin did first. Again, and again, and again, and...

  • @arkatub
    @arkatub Год назад +18

    It wasn't a truck bomb, you have the footage in this video 14:05, you can see the explosion comes from the right of the road, step through the frames and you can see the truck is still intact during the initial flash of light.

    • @ImTHECarlos98
      @ImTHECarlos98 Год назад +1

      It was a truck on the other road bridge side..

    • @honeysucklecat
      @honeysucklecat Год назад +6

      @@ImTHECarlos98 no, you see both lanes. The OP is correct, the blast does seem to come from right, off camera. Seems. Need more evidence than just this clip.

    • @mikeyo4406
      @mikeyo4406 Год назад +2

      I think it was from a barge under the bridge

    • @ImTHECarlos98
      @ImTHECarlos98 Год назад +1

      Ah I see, my bad. But it’s hard to tell, 15:50 shows a few seconds before the blast. It would be hard to say for sure where the blast came from with this quality of recording. Could’ve just as well been too far ahead to see. As he said it stopped, and the one in the video kept moving as the explosion went off.

    • @AdmiralLj
      @AdmiralLj Год назад

      @@honeysucklecat your seeing a video artifact, it was a truckbomb

  • @janvandermeer6159
    @janvandermeer6159 Год назад +2

    A himars rocket could only wipe some paint off. And it was not a car bomb. The blast came from below.

  • @korstmahler
    @korstmahler 11 месяцев назад

    Part two for this video will be interesting!

  • @micr75i
    @micr75i Год назад +9

    it’s heartwarming to see someone like you take a clear position on the criminal russian regime. Italy instead is full of Putin’s supporters and that is unforgivable. No wonder fascism was born here.

  • @ch1pnd413
    @ch1pnd413 Год назад +3

    Excellent story!!! Intersection of military history and engineering! So interesting!

    • @johnjames2470
      @johnjames2470 Год назад +1

      Simon was telling you a fairy-tale version of the story.

  • @johnholt890
    @johnholt890 Год назад

    Very well said !

  • @zz4748
    @zz4748 Год назад +1

    The repair was patched together but during war time. The fact that it's servicing anything in 4 months is a modern miracle. Albeit half arsed 😂

  • @bryanparkhurst17
    @bryanparkhurst17 Год назад +34

    Simon, you do good videos. I don't always agree with everything you had to say and we don't see eye-to-eye at all times but I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. Great story on infrastructure and great way to tie it into the world we live in today. I'm looking forward to next video.

    • @joek600
      @joek600 Год назад +3

      He has an anti-Russian, anti-soviet bias at absurdly levels, to the point that I think that there is a personal grudge behind all that. Every Soviet innovation is to be mocked or snickered, I guess because ‘’stupid Slav commies”, off course now Ukraine is excluded from that despite them being the no 2 SSR in the Soviet Union and had an active role in every policy.

    • @andrewday3206
      @andrewday3206 Год назад +13

      @@joek600
      Many Soviet projects were greatly flawed as was their government and economy. That is not bias.

    • @wilhelmusrobben9953
      @wilhelmusrobben9953 Год назад

      @@joek600 He lives in an ex communist country

    • @joek600
      @joek600 Год назад

      @@andrewday3206 some were flawed some they were not and there is no such things as a flawless political system. I’m talking about the glee displayed when presenting Russian and Soviet projects. By the same standards UK contributed nothing in engineering past the 50’s and many projects were also flawed. I didn’t see Simon reacting in the same way. The man has an axe to grind.

    • @Wallblue21
      @Wallblue21 Год назад +9

      @@joek600if u support russia then ur wrong

  • @greendragonreprised6885
    @greendragonreprised6885 Год назад +3

    Well said, Simon.

  • @zimmy1958
    @zimmy1958 Год назад

    Thanks

  • @beautifulsmall
    @beautifulsmall Год назад

    Go Girl, Go . Impressed.

  • @paulwheeler4283
    @paulwheeler4283 Год назад +23

    14:05 As a Ukrainian I find this a Beautiful site 🇺🇦💙💛

    • @user-ci5hb7jq2r
      @user-ci5hb7jq2r Год назад

      Я помню потом как укропы ныли что Калибры к ним в гости в Киев залетели.😂😂😂

    • @frankiecalsone8536
      @frankiecalsone8536 Год назад +1

      калибры вам потом тоже🚀 понравились🤣🐷⚰🐷⚰🐷⚰🐷 радуйтесь что не с гамма ищлучением☢🚀☢

  • @iceman7914
    @iceman7914 Год назад +4

    I swear that beard gets more majestic every video. I'm waiting for a handlebar mustache lol.

  • @iamwherewateris
    @iamwherewateris Год назад +1

    Dolphins are trained by multiple countries for anti diver and mine defense. Dolphins, whales, and sea lions have been trained and deployed by Russia. They are a very real and very effective asset.

  • @57thorns
    @57thorns Год назад +2

    I think the bridge will make a good barrier to russian shipping after the war.

  • @humperlumper62
    @humperlumper62 Год назад +3

    Great focus on the horrendous occupation of fantastic country of Ukraine 🇺🇦 long may they prosper against the aggressors

    • @tommycrenshaw42
      @tommycrenshaw42 Год назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @humperlumper62
      @humperlumper62 Год назад

      @@tommycrenshaw42 what’s with so many laughing emojis…..a very serious situation that the Russians have allot to answer for!!!

  • @cynthiadiaz7533
    @cynthiadiaz7533 Год назад +4

    Excellent. I have long enjoyed your presentations, but I now give you excellent marks for your humanity and political acumen. Well done!

  • @gregmarkel2836
    @gregmarkel2836 Год назад

    Well done

  • @moosifer3321
    @moosifer3321 Год назад

    No bias here then! You are bang on!

  • @JohnDoe-pv2iu
    @JohnDoe-pv2iu Год назад +3

    Yes, like the Georgia Guide Stones. Best thing for that structure is a good explosion and the resulting mess cleaned up!
    Nice video! Ya'll Take Care and be safe, John

    • @illegalamishmen
      @illegalamishmen Год назад

      The guide Stones were destroyed by domestic terrorists. You support that?

  • @Killdozer667
    @Killdozer667 Год назад +23

    Well, watching from Ukraine it is indeed a very impressive and insanely costly structure. It will be great when something unexpected happens to it.

    • @user-lh2db9yt2w
      @user-lh2db9yt2w Год назад +4

      Украинцы наняли этого водителя грузовика, он не знал что он смертник и что он везёт взорвать - то что его убьёт!..
      Он просто вёз груз!
      Удивительно такое слышать от свободных западных видео!..
      У вас оказывается не меньше промывают мозги!..
      Очень заметно желание доносить нужную информацию и умалчивать о том что казалось должно быть озвучено и сказано у независимого проницательного автора видео!..
      Разочаровывает...
      Впрочем, так и должно быть - это же западный человек - которому жить на западе и которому важно чтоб его страна процветала и была главной!..

    • @maxdanielj
      @maxdanielj Год назад

      @@user-lh2db9yt2w a puty poot poot butt kissing propaganda troll calling a Ukrainian brainwashed 😆
      Puty may idolize Stalin but he'll never be as smart or as powerful or as feared as he was

    • @Daveyboyz1978
      @Daveyboyz1978 Год назад +6

      ​​@@user-lh2db9yt2wюди, которые живут в стеклянных домах, не должны бросать камни. Another bridge was blown infront of Putins catastrophic column that attempted to seize Kyiv. The person who blew it up was happy to die for his land. We don't know any differently about the driver of this truck, but even if what the troll says is true its small potatoes compared to beheading prisoners of war, killing and kidnapping children and the mass torture of Ukrainians by a country that never ratified the Geneva convention.
      Слава Україні 💙💛

    • @MrLeadb1
      @MrLeadb1 Год назад

      @@Daveyboyz1978 Those were Ukrainians doing the chopping of their own...there's plenty of videos showing them on an other video channel. No children were kidnapped and no torture of Ukrainians by Russia happened. You'd think by now after 60 years of lying to start wars that you'd actually cop on to how the West runs propaganda to manufacture consent for war.......but you guys aren't that smart.

    • @user-lh2db9yt2w
      @user-lh2db9yt2w Год назад +1

      @@Daveyboyz1978 Мы ничего не знаем о таком счастливом человеке...
      Почему об этом нигде никто не говорил кроме вас...
      Призрак киева есть а счастливый призрак моста нигде никто не говорили!
      .
      Вам надо посмотреть в гугл убийство русских - связанных пленных, простреливавшие колени, ножом в глаз, сожжение заживо...
      Это подтверждённые видео убийства русских пленных - В оон это признано - было лишь замечание украине от оон за эти казни русских пленных - для вас это ничто...
      .
      Эти ваши предъявляемые видео казни никак нельзя интерпретировать и кому-то адресовать конкретному...
      Фамилии и лица украинцев казнивших русских многие известны, многие уже убиты, на ваших видео - кто это кого казнит - ничего сказать пока нельзя...
      .
      Вам надо спросить гугл - украинские войска похищают пытают насилуют казнят на донбассе 2014 2015 год на донбассе - они это фиксировали на видео - в интернете эти видео есть - это делал украинский батальон торнадо... Для вас это ничто...
      Эти люди даже были осуждены на самой украине, и выпущены дальше воевать...
      После ухода русских исчезли тысячи людей - сотрудничавшие с русскими - которые не ушли с русскими...
      Где эти украинские граждане?..
      Что с ними стало?!..
      Их похищали пытали насиловали убивали, это делали украинцы с украинцами... их тысячи, если бы каждое такое убийство было заснято и выложить в интернет - для вас это будет ничто...
      Если россия не подписала женевская конвенция
      Значит ли это что с русскими можно так поступать?..
      Значит ли это, что русские могут так поступать со всяким кто поступает так опрометчиво с русскими военнопленными, и вернуть вам тысячекратно тем же самым 1:10 1:100 1:1000
      Поступает сейчас так россия на украине - укладывая 1000 кг. бомбы. Солнцепёк, калибр, кинжал, посейдон... и т.д.?..
      Как поступала в такой ситуации америка?..
      Вы что-то сказали: - люди, которые живут в стеклянных домах, не должны бросать камни...
      Очень верное замечание по отношению к россии - которая 50 лет назад уже взорвала царь бомбу, и взрывная волна обогнула землю - три раза, и под землёй кстати тоже...

  • @jeffreycarman2185
    @jeffreycarman2185 Год назад

    Great video!