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Bridge Connecting Russia and Crimea Collapses After Explosion and Fire

posted by janrinok on Monday October 10 2022, @04:03AM   Printer-friendly

upstart writes:

Bridge connecting Russia and Crimea collapses after explosion and fire - ABC News:

An explosion has rocked the sole road and rail link between Russia and Crimea, with video showing a fuel tanker burning and part of the Kerch Bridge collapsing into the sea.

An investigative committee says three people were killed in the incident, believed to be passengers of the car that was near the truck when it exploded.

Investigators have recovered the bodies and are working to identify them.

They have also established the details of the truck and its owner, registered in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, and have begun searching his place of residence.

Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee said that the truck bomb caused seven railway cars carrying fuel to catch fire, resulting in a "partial collapse of two sections of the bridge".

The committee didn't immediately apportion blame.

Ukrainian media said the blast on the bridge happened at about 6am local time.

The bridge, a $US3.6 billion ($5.7 billion) project is a tangible symbol of Moscow's claims on Crimea.

Also see reporting from lots of sites, including:

Is anyone in our community able to suggest how easily (or otherwise) the bridge and railway might be repaired?

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  • (Score: 2) by legont on Monday October 10 2022, @11:29PM (3 children)

    by legont (4179) on Monday October 10 2022, @11:29PM (#1275943)

    It will end without Ukraine on the map. South and East will go to Russia, West to mostly Poland and such.

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  • (Score: 2) by legont on Monday October 10 2022, @11:35PM (2 children)

    by legont (4179) on Monday October 10 2022, @11:35PM (#1275944)

    Putin will not repeat Stalin's mistake of Winter War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War [wikipedia.org]

    Back in 1939 a deal was made with Finland. The result was blockade of Leningrad by Finns and Germans and death of over a million Russian civilians mostly from hunger. Ukraine will go down or else.

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    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday October 11 2022, @06:47PM (1 child)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 11 2022, @06:47PM (#1276089) Journal

      Putin will not repeat Stalin's mistake of Winter War
      " rel="url2html-29668">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

      Back in 1939 a deal was made with Finland. The result was blockade of Leningrad by Finns and Germans and death of over a million Russian civilians mostly from hunger. Ukraine will go down or else.

      "Else" is already here. As to the mistake, I find it remarkable how some people just don't get it. If Russia hadn't invaded Finland back then, there would have been no Finn support for the siege of Leningrad. Putin already made that mistake back when he encouraged Yanukovych to deep six Ukrainian associate status with the EU back in 2013. He's been doubling down ever since.

      There's no Nazi Germany menace now. That's all imaginary. And sorry, I won't go out of my way to accommodate imaginary fears.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday October 11 2022, @11:14PM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 11 2022, @11:14PM (#1276140) Journal
        What's particularly silly about this narrative is that Stalin did the same alleged mistake again at the end of the Second World War where he let Finland off with a wrist slap. No million deaths followed that and NATO never over the following 75+ years become the Nazi-like threat you apparently think it is.