As Russia’s war escalates, will Ukraine down the Kerch Bridge in Crimea?

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/9/20/as-russias-war-escalates-will-ukraine-down-the-kerch-bridge-in-crimea

11 Comments

  1. Do posters here think that it is possible to take the bridge down? I kind of feel like if it was it would’ve been done by now. Here’s hoping, though.

  2. I’m starting to think that Ukraine actually might see advantages in the bridge.

    The russians know that Ukraine probably can take it down if they want to and therefore the russians can’t rely on using the bridge for major supplies. But if Ukraine are actually to take back Crimea they would prefer as many russian inhabitants as possible to flee and that will be more difficult without the bridge.

  3. There is not much point in destroying it right now, since it’s damaged enough for freight trains not to use it

  4. For the moment I think it’s a great decoy. Russia sends a lot of AA to defend it. Ukraine keeps hitting that AA, making sure that more must be pulled from other parts of the front.

  5. If the day ever comes when Ukraine rolls into Crimea, having the bridge standing might be preferable to than having Russians trapped there with no way to leave.

  6. Given that the bridge is only used for marginal military supplies it might happen that Ukraine never touches the bridge at all, or at least not until they run out more cost-effective targets.

  7. If the bridge is up then Russia can send supplies to Crimea. At this point in the war Ukraine probably wants to do everything it can to make it easy for Russia to send supplies to Crimea so those same supplies aren’t sent to more active portions of the front such as Kursk, Chasiv Yar, or Pokrovsk.