Crimea bridge, explosion changes war: what Russia will do

The Kerch Bridge, which connects Crimea and Russia, damaged by an explosion and fire. The event changes the scenario of the war in southern Ukraine, with new logistical and supply problems for Moscow: reaching the troops and transferring vehicles and equipment to southern Ukraine becomes even more complicated, just as the armed forces of Kiev claim success in the advance towards Kherson. The bridge, the longest in Europe with its 19 km, was damaged in the road and rail sections. Images disseminated on Telegram and on social networks show a part of the roadway collapsed into the sea. According to Russia, the fire was caused by the explosion of a truck, which would have caused the death of 3 people. Immediately, the road and rail link was interrupted: stop buses and trains. According to the Moscow media, the connections will now be guaranteed by the ferries that will depart from Krasnodar to arrive in the Crimea. WHAT UKRAINE SAYS – Ukraine has not officially claimed responsibility for the action that neutralized the bridge. The attack would be attributable to a special operation of the Security Service of Ukraine (Sbu), as a source of the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies told UNIAN agency, explaining that “blowing up the Crimean bridge was a special operation of the Sbu “. The press service of the Sbu did not confirm the statements. Messages celebrating the attack on the bridge abound on the social profiles of the armed forces and institutional figures in Kiev. The defense ministry points out that “the cruiser Moskva and the Kerch bridge, two famous symbols of Russian power in the Crimea, are gone. What will be next?”, In a tweet recalling the flagship of the Russian Black Sea fleet sank in April. WHAT RUSSIA WILL DO – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the formation of a “government commission” to deal with the emergency linked to the Kerch bridge. The works to restore the infrastructure will start shortly, under the aegis of the Ministry of Emergencies and the Ministry of Transport. The investigative commission, as explained by spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko, “opened a file” on the attack, reiterating the hypothesis linked to the explosion of a truck “which involved 7 tanks of fuel from a train “that was traveling on the tracks. The owner of the truck is allegedly a man resident in the Krasnodar area: they investigate him and try to reconstruct the movements of the vehicle. Officially, Moscow resizes the effects of the explosion on the management of military operations. “The supplies of the group of Russian troops involved in the special military operation” in Ukraine in the areas of Mykolaiv-Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia “are carried out ininter along the corridor by land and partly by sea transport “, says the Moscow Ministry of Defense on Telegram.