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Russia closes prized bridge after Ukraine drone strike on ammo depot in Crimea: authorities
The New York Post ^ | July 22, 2023 | Matthew Sedacca

Posted on 07/22/2023 3:22:40 PM PDT by Timber Rattler

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prized bridge — the Kerch Strait Bridge connecting Russia and the Crimean Peninsula — was forced to shut down Saturday following a Ukrainian drone strike on a nearby ammunition depot, Russian-backed authorities said.

Ukraine said that its army had destroyed an oil depot along with Russian military warehouses in Russian-occupied Crimea with the strike.

Video on social media showed a plume of thick black smoke rising from the site of the attack.

Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-installed governor of the peninsula, confirmed a drone hit the ammunition depot, which prompted an evacuation order for everyone within a roughly 3-mile radius, along with suspending traffic and rail services on the Kerch bridge “to minimize risk.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: ciafreepercontractor; crimea; drone; geeznotthisshitagain; kerch; nato; neoconwarmongernews; putinbrownnosersonfr; smellslikebullshit; steamingciapantload; whatabouttherules
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1 posted on 07/22/2023 3:22:40 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

NATO propaganda.


2 posted on 07/22/2023 3:30:48 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: Timber Rattler

Bkmk


3 posted on 07/22/2023 3:30:58 PM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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To: JonPreston

[...Moscow-installed governor of the peninsula, confirmed a drone hit the ammunition depot,...]

Sergei Aksyonov is working for NATO now?


4 posted on 07/22/2023 3:38:48 PM PDT by Farmerbob
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To: Farmerbob

Stop using logic with these people. They only respond to pictures of a bare chested Pooty Boy.


5 posted on 07/22/2023 3:41:15 PM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: JonPreston

“NATO propaganda.”

Pin prick. I’ll stick to what Western and European and even Ukrainian leaders are saying about the now-failed ‘counteroffensive’.


6 posted on 07/22/2023 3:45:42 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: BobL

As the counter-counteroffensive falls flat, pump out the propaganda, if you can call child-level nonsense propaganda.


7 posted on 07/22/2023 3:52:53 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston

“As the counter-counteroffensive falls flat, pump out the propaganda, if you can call child-level nonsense propaganda.”

The Russians are saying that their intelligence tells them that Poland is finally looking for their slice of Ukraine. The interesting part is that Putin, himself, said that would be fine with him. I guess if Poland wants to infest themselves with Ukrainian Nazis, as far as Putin is concerned, HAVE AT IT!!!


8 posted on 07/22/2023 3:56:50 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: BobL

Or, rather, that the Russians are up to something, or are afraid that somethings up in Belorussia. There are rumors concerning Lukashenko reaching out to Polish counterparts. Ready to bail on Putin?

Potential scenario - Lukashenko flips, Russia tries to take over, Belorussian government (or A Belorussian government) asks for help.


9 posted on 07/22/2023 4:04:10 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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“Potential scenario - Lukashenko flips, Russia tries to take over, Belorussian government (or A Belorussian government) asks for help.”

I heard the same, and anything is possible, but I suspect Lukashenko understands the ‘strings’ attached to the nukes he’s now stationed there.


10 posted on 07/22/2023 4:10:33 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: Timber Rattler

Putin flying to St Petersburg right now to meet Lukashenko. Putin is such a loser, even Africa won’t let him enter their territory.


11 posted on 07/22/2023 4:18:06 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: buwaya

Putin meeting with Lukashenko in St Petersburg tomorrow. Putin in the air right now from Moscow and Lukashenko arrived earlier today.


12 posted on 07/22/2023 4:20:15 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Timber Rattler

What’s the difference between a bridge and a prized bridge?


13 posted on 07/22/2023 4:23:05 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Where is that confounded bridge?


14 posted on 07/22/2023 4:26:23 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Timber Rattler

Putin just bombed and destroyed the Orthodox Christian Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa with a cruise missile.


15 posted on 07/22/2023 4:27:07 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: dfwgator

Some Zeppelin.
Your recall is impressive as always.

Bonham should have skipped that last shot…


16 posted on 07/22/2023 4:34:20 PM PDT by EEGator
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