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The bridge in the Crimea, because Kiev must destroy it – Foreign

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The bridge in the Crimea, because Kiev must destroy it – Foreign

Kiev, May 2, 2022 – Nella war in Ukraine il bridge over the Kerch Straitwhich connects the Crimea to Russia, now more than ever he is the main target of the forces of Kiev. Indeed, the Russian advance to the southeast seems unstoppable, but it has been slowed down a lot and Ukrainian intelligence has warned: Moscow is using the bridge in the Crimea constantly. to supply the army of weapons and to bring home how much raided in Ukraine.

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Strategic importance

Destroying the bridge over the Kerch Strait for Kiev would be a fundamental move, perhaps not decisive, but certainly important for the continuation of the war. In fact the putin bridge, as some analysts call it, it is the quickest route to supply the Russian troops heading for Mariupol and beyond, to Odessa. Weapons, bullets and tanks arrive from the rear of Krasnodar, but also supplies and medicines for the troops. And shots and missiles just to hit Odessa. And in the opposite direction, headed for Russia, they cross the strategic strait that divides the Black Sea from the Sea of ​​Azov, loaded with grain ‘seized’ in Ukraine, various machinery and other war spoils.

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Smacco to Putin

The Crimean bridge is Putin’s pride, and symbol of the Russian conquest of the same peninsula in 2014. The structure consists of a double road and railway bridge built to join the Kerch peninsula with the Russian one of Taman, in the Krasnodar territory. It is the longest bridge in Europe: 18.1 km. The works were contracted out at the very end of 2014, and it was inaugurated on May 16, 2018, six months in advance and with Putin himself driving a truck at the head of a convoy to cross it. Then the czar returned to the inauguration of the railway connection on December 23, 2019. Putin was among the major sponsors of the bridge, essential for travel between Crimea and Russia, studied with Ukraine and after the annexation of Crimea built by the Federation Russian.

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It’s no secret: sooner or later

At the end of April, the Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, he had openly declared that the bridge was and is tempting: “If we had the ability to do it, we would have done that already. If there is an opportunity we will do it “, said Danilov quoted by Ukrinform. And the risk is there, if you consider that Kiev has managed to bomb oil plants on Russian territory, and to sink the cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea. Also tonight Bayraktar TB-2 armed drones hit two Raptor-class patrol boats near Snake Island, the Ukrainian island that Russian forces captured on the first day of the war on February 24. And where a captain stood out for his heroism. in front of the Russian flagship Moskva, so much so that it ended up on a postage stamp.

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