Kyiv will destroy the Kerch bridge connecting Russian to occupied Crimea “in the first half of 2024”, a senior official in Ukraine’s military intelligence service has said.
Razing the bridge is “inevitable”, the unnamed source told the Guardian, adding that Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the military intelligence, already had “most of the means to carry out this goal”.
Officials believe that permanently damaging the bridge would significantly impair the Kremlin’s ability to carry out a spring offensive as Moscow would be forced to transport military supplies by road through occupied southern Ukraine, or via a new 450-mile railway line that is under construction.
Ukraine has attacked and severely damaged the Kerch bridge twice since the invasion, while road and rail traffic across the bridge are frequently disrupted by the threat of further attacks.
They’ll need some massive booms to take the pillars out so that it’s out for good.
YES PLEASE
Either they have something really, really good ready, or they want to draw airdefense there to hit something else
How do we run a pool on this? Funds raised can benefit the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
One massive container ship please
Aren’t the Russians nearly done building that railway to Crimea?
Really again ?? We heard this so many times …. Dont get me wrong ..it would be great but UA dont have any capabilities to take it down so far … I think that Taurus would be needed for this kind of work.
This should be a top priority for all of us supporters. Ukraine needs to be sent the appropriate weapons to remove that bridge as soon as possible. Doing so will drastically hamper Russian logistics. They’ll be forced to use more shipping and aircraft, which means putting them at greater risk. And it will remove those assets from doing the other things they are doing now.
Probably some kind of heavy missile/drone. Ukraine has all the technology and know how to make one.
Time to put the champagne on ice now?
Whatever day they do it odds are great that it will be on someone’s birthday.
Lord please let this happen!!!
*I’m afraid, the Sea Baby will be quite operational, by the time your friends arrive.*
Fourth of July would be a proper date
The railway has been finished so the bridge isn’t important anymore. Most supplies go by land. The opportunity was missed.
hit it with everything at once…scalp ..drones..pack a train full of explosives..fill a remote controlled large plane with explosives until you reach one megaton power and just send that bridge to the moon
I mean, you can’t take the public statements of an INTELLIGENCE AGENCY of a belligerent in a conflict at face value. Their job is literally to affect the battlespace through misinformation.
They could have a lot of reasons to say something they don’t necessarily have any intention of doing.
Hopefully before, but more than that, really hopefully it’ll be done!
We saw what 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate did to Beirut, and the smallest bulk cargo ships can haul four times that much. Just sayin’…
I’m imagining an American football maneuver where a bunch of naval and aerial drones clear a path for an anti-bridge ship.
Why now not last year?.
By July. Does that mean any day now? NAFO sea baby fundraiser coming to fruition?
Multiple f16’s could do the trick!
Destroy it NOW. Dont let them anticipate. Don’t let them gather air and sea defenses.
And they let everyone know… Why?
All defences to the bridge while the new rail track is destroyed.
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**From The Telegraph:**
Kyiv will destroy the Kerch bridge connecting Russian to occupied Crimea “in the first half of 2024”, a senior official in Ukraine’s military intelligence service has said.
Razing the bridge is “inevitable”, the unnamed source told the Guardian, adding that Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the military intelligence, already had “most of the means to carry out this goal”.
Officials believe that permanently damaging the bridge would significantly impair the Kremlin’s ability to carry out a spring offensive as Moscow would be forced to transport military supplies by road through occupied southern Ukraine, or via a new 450-mile railway line that is under construction.
Ukraine has attacked and severely damaged the Kerch bridge twice since the invasion, while road and rail traffic across the bridge are frequently disrupted by the threat of further attacks.
**More here:** [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/03/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-terrorist-attack-recruitment/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/03/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-terrorist-attack-recruitment/)
They’ll need some massive booms to take the pillars out so that it’s out for good.
YES PLEASE
Either they have something really, really good ready, or they want to draw airdefense there to hit something else
How do we run a pool on this? Funds raised can benefit the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
One massive container ship please
Aren’t the Russians nearly done building that railway to Crimea?
Really again ?? We heard this so many times …. Dont get me wrong ..it would be great but UA dont have any capabilities to take it down so far … I think that Taurus would be needed for this kind of work.
This should be a top priority for all of us supporters. Ukraine needs to be sent the appropriate weapons to remove that bridge as soon as possible. Doing so will drastically hamper Russian logistics. They’ll be forced to use more shipping and aircraft, which means putting them at greater risk. And it will remove those assets from doing the other things they are doing now.
Probably some kind of heavy missile/drone. Ukraine has all the technology and know how to make one.
Time to put the champagne on ice now?
Whatever day they do it odds are great that it will be on someone’s birthday.
Lord please let this happen!!!
*I’m afraid, the Sea Baby will be quite operational, by the time your friends arrive.*
Fourth of July would be a proper date
The railway has been finished so the bridge isn’t important anymore. Most supplies go by land. The opportunity was missed.
hit it with everything at once…scalp ..drones..pack a train full of explosives..fill a remote controlled large plane with explosives until you reach one megaton power and just send that bridge to the moon
I mean, you can’t take the public statements of an INTELLIGENCE AGENCY of a belligerent in a conflict at face value. Their job is literally to affect the battlespace through misinformation.
They could have a lot of reasons to say something they don’t necessarily have any intention of doing.
Hopefully before, but more than that, really hopefully it’ll be done!
We saw what 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate did to Beirut, and the smallest bulk cargo ships can haul four times that much. Just sayin’…
I’m imagining an American football maneuver where a bunch of naval and aerial drones clear a path for an anti-bridge ship.
Why now not last year?.
By July. Does that mean any day now? NAFO sea baby fundraiser coming to fruition?
Multiple f16’s could do the trick!
Destroy it NOW. Dont let them anticipate. Don’t let them gather air and sea defenses.
And they let everyone know… Why?
All defences to the bridge while the new rail track is destroyed.