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Smoke billows from Russia's Kerch bridge to Crimea: Kremlin claims to have shot down two Ukrainian missiles aimed at crucial link to annexed peninsula
Daily Mail ^ | 8/12/2023 | ARTHUR PARASHAR

Posted on 08/12/2023 11:54:07 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

The Kremlin has claimed it has downed two Ukrainian missiles aimed at Russia's Kerch Bridge to Crimea - as video shows smoke billowing over the crucial link to the annexed peninsula.

The 12-mile crossing carries heavy significance for Moscow, both logistically and psychologically, as a key artery for military and civilian supplies and as an assertion of Kremlin control of the peninsula it illegally annexed in 2014.

Russia's foreign ministry vowed retaliation for what it called a 'terrorist attack' on the bridge in Crimea.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1howcounteroffensive; 2doink; arthurparashar; bridge; counteroffensivefail; crimea; karma; kerch; onfirein3places; payback; putin; russiafailing
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1 posted on 08/12/2023 11:54:07 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Its just the Russians using smoke bombs in a drill or some sort of test. Nothing to see.


2 posted on 08/12/2023 12:04:10 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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That guy’s in the way of the real interesting sights.


3 posted on 08/12/2023 12:06:20 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: PIF
Check out the black smoke on the far left.


4 posted on 08/12/2023 12:13:06 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: PIF
More black smoke...


5 posted on 08/12/2023 12:15:19 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: PIF
Another view.


6 posted on 08/12/2023 12:17:57 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Test of wills

Antichrist ( OBOMBO - BYEDEND )

Vs

CHRISTIANITY


7 posted on 08/12/2023 12:21:02 PM PDT by Firehath
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8 posted on 08/12/2023 12:24:30 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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9 posted on 08/12/2023 12:25:33 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Tire dump burning - nothing to see. Just Russians making was on the environment. First it was Lake Baikal, now its the Kersh bridge.


10 posted on 08/12/2023 12:46:32 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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More Ukrainian drones on their way to Crimea right now…


11 posted on 08/12/2023 12:48:31 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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No, it was two old Uke Soviet S200 missiles from last century. Apparently, that’s what the $150Billion in American tax dollars that you supported pi$$ing away on Uke corruption buys.


12 posted on 08/12/2023 12:48:34 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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Considerate of the Ukrainians to let anyone who wants to play Russian roulette just take a trip on the Kerch bridge.


13 posted on 08/12/2023 1:01:02 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: Firehath

LOL


14 posted on 08/12/2023 1:13:14 PM PDT by Sunsong
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To: marcusmaximus

No one’s buying your propaganda anymore 🤣🤣🤣


15 posted on 08/12/2023 1:26:24 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Many in the Uke Rah-rah brigade believe that if they can take out that bridge—Zelenskyy has won the war and Russia will be forced to surrender. I do not think that would be the game changer they need. Is that the only thing keeping the war machine of Russia going?


16 posted on 08/12/2023 2:09:01 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: marcusmaximus

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17 posted on 08/12/2023 2:19:02 PM PDT by sauropod (I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
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To: hardspunned

Obviously that means the US should send them a few ATACMS, so they wont have to extemporize long range weapons.

Your argument is otherwise incoherent.


18 posted on 08/12/2023 2:31:14 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

It would help to add more stress to the Russian logistical situation in the southern front, yes. Very much like blasting the Dneiper bridges did to the Kherson bridgehead.

Its not the whole of the interdiction job, but its part of it. Its a complex problem.

Other parts include:

- Shutting down Crimean ports with air and naval drones and, hopefully soon, long range missiles. Its already unsafe to approach Sebastopol with ordinary cargo ships. I expect the Russians to start using escorted convoys at some point.

- Shutting down Azov Sea ports like Berdyansk with Stormshadow, etc.

- Shutting down road and rail bridges out of Crimea (Stormshadow).

- Blowing up ammo and fuel dumps in Crimea.

- Cutting highways that run close to the Dneiper, thats what those river crossings are about. That seems like the only good road from Perekop to Melitopol.

Look at a map, hopefully showing road and rail, of the theater. That should make the necessary strategy obvious.


19 posted on 08/12/2023 2:47:36 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; hardspunned; Firehath; Forward the Light Brigade
Did you hear that Vlod the Impaled had to fire all the Ukie conscription officers because they were taking bribes to let guys dodge the Ukie press gangs, and letting some of the bribers slip over the border - which is against the conscription laws?

They're gonna press-gang harder and faster, now. 16 year-olds.

20 posted on 08/12/2023 2:51:35 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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