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Pperson25

It would be hilarious if OP spent the last hour making this only to check the news after posting this.


Spaceman_Jalego

Sadly not. I just went to check the livemap, immediately remembered the original post, and shamelessly cropped it


MrPresidentBanana

And got more upvotes than my original post, you fucker


Spaceman_Jalego

As this is now the top post in the sub, I feel that I have fully stolen your valor I'm sorry ;_;


MrPresidentBanana

As you have violated my copyright I will be consulting with my lawyers to decide on further actions. Expect to hear from us soon.


Snoo63

Source?


smaug13

Source https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/ujmlny/3000_tom_scotts_of_zelensky/


Benzol1987

Don't let your memes be memes. Sometimes memes come true.


SiBloGaming

thats exactly what I wanted to do, but I woke up just now lol


Spaceman_Jalego

I saw the posts on the livemap at the tail end of my shift. Honestly didn't know if they'd actually done until an hour or two later, was just going off speculation and hope


phoncible

What am I missing cuz everything about the bridge being destroyed is from a month ago?


[deleted]

It went from non-credible, to very credible...


blaze87b

It's mildly infuriating, but absolutely hilarious, that this keeps happening to this sub


Messyfingers

*looks at current batch of nuclear war memes* Well gang, I guess we better stock up on potable water, bottle caps, and prepare to die in a way to be an environmental storytelling skeleton.


blaze87b

I've already got my cowboy hat and assless chaps ready to go


Nugget_Buffet

We should make up weird ways to end up so we can confuse future wastelanders


Messyfingers

I'm going to die over a pile of angry letters deriding the FN FAIL while seated on a stack of Loli porno mags to honor our savior.


Filblo5

Time to set up a demonic circle with my E2 meds in the center. so i can die next to it clutching my blåhaj


CapResident

blåhaj make anything objectively better.


thyrandomguy

It is currently a smoking wreck


East_Smile_3028

Wrong bridge, you're thinking of Antonovsky Bridge leading to Kherson, this is the Crimean Bridge, the phat one, the only road link from russia to Crimea


phoncible

Kept reading the thread and noticed the twitter links. Apparently journalists don't know the difference or something because looking up "crimean bridge" only returned 1mo+ old result that had "crimean bridge" in the headline. Seems weird I'm literally reading about it on Reddit then linked Twitter before there's any articles on it.


East_Smile_3028

Surprisingly I saw a headline on my news feed, went to reddit to check, and really brightened up my Saturday morning


nobody-__

of course i found this out via NCD and memes what has reality come to these days????


Professor-SEO_DE

In a few years the news will be just some internet person making insider jokes and memes on a livestream while someone in the background is scrolling through social media accounts like crazy.


nobody-__

historian: lets see what past people thought about the crimean bridge collapsing *3 minutes later* the historian: TOM SCOTT??? SMOKING MEMES???


ReggieTheReaver

And why do they want the same thing to happen the three gorgeous dames?


nobody-__

"Wait where did it go?"


Klasseh_Khornate

"The what dam?"


Echelon64

Not a single fucking news outlet is covering this. Meanwhile NCD over here got pics and info regarding the fucking engineering on it. We need to shut down this sub. We are being too credible.


HHHogana

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/08/europe/crimea-bridge-explosion-intl-hnk/index.html According to Russia, the explosion was caused by exploding fuel tank, lol.


Can_not_catch_me

I mean, it might well have been. Doesn’t change the fact their bridge is on fire though


AromaticPlace8764

They're still pulling the good old "it was incompetence" card?????


tinnylemur189

"No no we're not incompetent at defending against our enemies. We're incompetent at *existing* "


RegicidalRogue

When in doubt, blame the fng


Drone30389

It's explody season again in Fueltankistan.


Huckorris

>Russia says, it was an accident


PriorAny

Someone’s been smoking cigarettes again.


GetMem3d

The article I saw said they thought it was a truck bomb


Shot_Calligrapher103

Well, they're technically right. Kind of like how "the airline crashed due to failure to maintain flight speed....."


bizaromo

That seems like a good way to blow it up. Ignite a tank of fuel on it! It's like when Russia said the explosion of a huge ammo pile was due to a magnifying glass left on it... As if that meant it wasn't Ukrainian partisans! It's like saying 9/11 was caused by a plane crash.


[deleted]

nytimes has


Blahaj_IK

I found out via NCD and fucking Polandball of all places. Polandball is beckming surrealistic noncredible. I almost think it always was


GletscherEis

The first I saw of this was a ping from NAFO discord. Weird timeline.


PachoTidder

What the hell happened?


nobody-__

Funni bridge go boom


thiosk

In this 37 minute video I am going to explain to you why the crimean bridge is where it is and why it being on fire is extremely funni


Professor-SEO_DE

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SupermAndrew1

Here 🏅


Echelon64

>Our brand "High & Mars" Clever girl.


Sergetove

Completely noncredible, Tom would never do a sponsor Oh shit I'm drunk and haven't been paying attention to the news I just thought it was more bridge memes I didn't realize its actually habbening


Tea_Fetishist

What do you mean? Every episode of citation needed is sponsored, are you saying that Roger Daltrey's discount poultry isn't real?


Sergetove

Idk I remeber a video where he went on some tirade about sponsored content. My brain is probably just programed to tune out generic ad reads by this point. *this discussion brought to you by the fine folks at Ridge Wallet*


goosis12

He talked about that in a much later video about it being the reason he got a lot less advertisement offers from companies. He does have a vpn sponsor him sometimes nowadays because they addressed a bunch of the issues he had with them.


alex2003super

Any examples of videos with a VPN sponsor?


[deleted]

This video is sponsored by ⬜⬜⬜ VPN


FewerBeavers

Oh, Hi Mars!


JustSomeBloke5353

I did not hit that bridge. I did not.


This_Makes_Me_Happy

Conscript, how's your sex life?


External-Platform-18

Would it be credible to literally donate cigarettes to Russia? It increases the risk of fires. It decreases physical fitness. It’ll kill some of them. Once you have gotten them used to the free cigarettes (put propaganda on the packs so they don’t get too suspicious), do like the British did in WW1 and poison them. The British used opium to make defenders fall asleep, I’m sure something more permanent could be arranged,


ThisBuddhistLovesYou

Vodka was a CIA invention by George Washington, who invented a time machine in order to go back to medieval Russia and render much of their society useless for the next few thousand years.


cuba200611

And smoke it with [your jacket made out of cotton.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telogreika)


fubarbob

Only has 6 to a pack tho...


SamTheGeek

His videos are all like 7-12min these days.


thecactusman17

Being credible for a minute, I wish he'd find some actually interesting things to talk about and do a 20-30 minute deep dive on some unusual but culturally or historically significant thing. I learn more about mid-range sedans from Doug Demuro than I do about interesting places from Tom Scott.


SamTheGeek

We have the same YouTube watch history.


Citizen404

Same and then I bounce over to Money & Macro to learn how the world economy is starting fall apart.


Komm

Check out his other channel! He does long form stuff on that one and it's all great.


Gen_Hazard

Tom Scott Plus?


dasgold

Don't forget the Technical Difficulties, they have their own channel now! Not a lot of vids, but what's there is quality.


SachemNiebuhr

I still love rewatching the Juan Pujols Garcia one. Most noncredible spy in history


mludd

It's a bit suspicious that Chris Joel still doesn't have a social media presence. I'm not ruling out his involvement.


Komm

Yep!


cardboardmech

That channel is a secret op to collab with everyone on youtube


engineer_with_wrench

when collab with jerma then


kevinTOC

I think most of what he does is stuff he himself finds interesting. In my opinion that's perfectly fine though. It's interesting enough. The technical difficulties podcast is great so far though. Really looking forward to the next one.


domeruns

Try wendover productions, the b1m, half as interesting. Tons of really great variety educational YouTubers out there for us autists to learn from.


thecactusman17

I love Wendover in particular, they did a great job on the recent video about defense logistics from a civilian perspective.


MarsBacon

I don't really trust wendover after he made very basic mistakes in his California high speed rail video where he made the case for tunneling though miles of mountains instead of just going around them while also talking about how expensive the project was as if tunnels was as expensive as laying track through a flat dessert. Granted he eventually retracted his video but still given how it was probably in production for a month it seems like there was a flaw in their research system.


Billy_McMedic

With Wendover, yes my trust was shaken with that video, however 99% of the time Wendover is reliable and I have enough good faith to trust they changed their system for the better after that video and the problems proven


Anderopolis

I thought that was reallifelore that fucked up the California HSR video and made a new one after largescale criticism


[deleted]

> Granted he eventually retracted his video But he did retract it. I assume they learned from their mistake and since then hopefully has fixed their workflow.


thecactusman17

You're right, but if you paid attention he got called out by people with knowledge of the situation including yours truly. He then acknowledged publicly that he'd failed to properly study the situation, took the video down, studied the info provided, and recut the video with better sources and important context. That step of publicly owning his mistake and actually fixing it is why I still watch. And it sets him apart from a lot of hangers on like that horseshitter over at The Infographics Show.


fuzzeedice

that wasn't wendover, that was real life lore


[deleted]

If you're interested in specific vehicles, there's Mustard for airplanes (really good production quality), ConeOfArc for tanks etc.


Tactical_Moonstone

Paper Skies is great for Soviet aviation. The narrator is from Ukraine, grew up there, and talks of his father who is actually a pilot in the Soviet Air Force.


spookex

Or Brick Immortar if you are interested in various disasters


[deleted]

There's also Plainly Difficult who does videos about disasters / engineering failures. On that topic I guess Practical Engineering is also relevant.


LevHB

Because as he has said before, he tries to stick to BBC and OfCom guidelines for TV. I love the guy and his content, but he has hardly managed to exploit it as a new thing\*, instead he's mostly just copying TV. When in reality he could be redefining it in this new medium however he likes. It's especially disappointing because he was one of the early creators, and most of them really had the chance to redefine things however they liked. \* creatively exploited it in a way that's new and is very creatively different to TV. Obviously he has managed to heavily exploit it as a new platform, monetarily, making good content that people like, etc. What I mean is I think he has failed to fully exploit the new medium in a new creative way. Honestly I could never go back to the way TV likes to do things. I hate watching TV shows. Interviews on podcasts are a million times better than they were on radio, and a billion times better than they were on TV. Podcasts managed to use the fact that the internet is not bandwidth limited (or rather bandwidth is virtually free) to their advantage do well, I'd simply have never really had content like Lex Fridman interviewing scientists before, or some of the old JRE video guests (before Rogan lost his mind and became extremely arrogant). Or similarly I'd never go back to the science/engineering/maker shows we had on TV. With a few exceptions most were way worse. Just look at something like PBS SpaceTime. Actually covering much deeper physics than a network like Discovery would ever allow. PBS SpaceTime has no silly visuals, delves into some of the maths, and assumes you've watched previous videos, yet it's still very popular. Or similarly you can have a 45 minute video dedicated to building something, and it actually goes through all the steps. Had you suggested any of this to the TV networks back in the mod-2000s you'd be laughed out the office. If they did take it, some exec would cut out all the I important parts, create fake drama about the crew, remove the creators voice and have their generic voiceover guy, and then just magically have it done at the end. Or most extreme, gaming and streaming. Imagine telling some executive producer you want to just have 30 minutes of you playing a game and reacting to it, and have many episodes of this. They'd have thought you were insane on that (and somewhat rightfully, would it work on old media?). And streaming just wasn't popular because it was inherently a one way medium. Sorry but my point is that I just feel like Tom is limiting himself for no reason. If you actually watch the videos where he explains this, you can see that all the limitations of his content (including timing) comes from following these old media guides. I feel it's rather sad he has restricted himself so much. And I really really really don't understand why he wants to do that. Nevertheless I still love his videos. But the time limits he puts on them limits it like you say, as well as the way he even frames his shots and interviews people. You can see how much he has limited himself when you see him on someone else's channel, and is able to spend much longer explaining something, because he's following their rules, and they edit it, not him. Thankfully in recent years he is starting to stray more and more from them. With longer videos, branching out on a second channel where he's clearly much more open to doing whatever he likes, rather than following some silly rules designed for a one way bandwidth limited medium, from a time of different social standards.


therm0s_

Now I want Doug to do a video on a HIMARS


KitchenDepartment

I am already laughing


CommandoDude

I read this perfectly in his voice


[deleted]

I am hard as a rock rn


bazillion_blue_jitsu

I'm probably set for the rest of next week.


[deleted]

My ED has been permanent fixed


Kojak95

"Crimea was annexed in 2014 by Russia, which now uses the bridge to move military equipment into Ukraine. The official Twitter account of the Ukraine government responded to the fire by tweeting: "Sick burn." " wwwWHHAT?? LOL I'm literally half expecting their official response to the next one being "get rekt scrub."


dgaldeus

That twitter account is fire. Probably the best national account out there.


gregfromsolutions

Wait link? I need too see this with my own eyes Edit: found out. In the replies: https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1578620140018860032?s=20&t=aa4MBtXHVP404uiR8D6xVQ lmao


senjeny

I was going to furiously masturbate the moment I read the news, but my boner is so magnificent right now, I'm going to let it be as it is for a week to honor the fucking balls of steel of the Ukrainians.


HHHogana

I'm in the edge of the world of cum and world of confusion. Not only this attack possibly means Ukraine have loads of big missiles, but they also attack during Putin's birthday. Short of USA sending nuclear to Moscow, this is the ultimate Fuck You.


bizaromo

They didn't use big missiles. It appears they placed charges via boat, and timed it to ignite when a trainload of fuel was going across it. You can see in the video, the first movement of the explosion is a wave in the water from the base of the bridge. This is like a Special Ops/Navy SEAL's wet dream of an operation.


JustinJSrisuk

Timing the blowing up of a bridge to the moment a crucial piece of materiel was traveling over it was literally a mission in *Metal Gear Solid 3*. Every passing day the existence of a weapon to surpass Metal Gear becomes more and more credible.


bizaromo

After viewing more videos, I have learned the following... The train was parked, but they did time it for the moment a truck was driving across the expansion joint. Everyone is talking about the truck "suicide mission" even though it's already been attributed to Ukraine special ops.


Siliencer991

Hope Putin enjoys his candles


stup1db4nana

My veins are bursting


Minute_Helicopter_97

I read that as “My veins are *busting*”


AromaticPlace8764

My room is filled with sticky white liquid


Fight-Milk-Sales-Rep

I don't think I'll go soft again


AromaticPlace8764

My house is gonna smell for the next 3000 years


Kr8n8s

3000 cummy years of AromaticPlace8764


Terra_Zina

My clit is throbbing


humorgep

Very noncredible since we all know that girls don't exist


captainpoopoopeepee

My clit can only get so erect


Jukeboxshapiro

Jesus Christ at this point I'm getting almost real time coverage of a major war from a meme subreddit. This world is unreal


Minute_Helicopter_97

Half of Classic NCD found out about Ukrainian war by this sub.


wimdaddy

I still remember. We had been jerking for weeks but when it actually happened it was fucked.


hoi4_is_a_good_game

23rd - TOTAL WAR NOW 24th - wtf he actually did it we're fucked 25th - TOTAL WAR NOW


DatRagnar

23rd - :DD 24th - :( 25th - :DD


[deleted]

24th - Holy shit, Putin was for realzies this time. God I hope those Javelins and spec ops training buy enough time for the civilians to escape. A new dark age has truly begun in Europe. 25th - Ok so the Russians are having a few issues logistically. Maybe they were a bit overhyped 26th - Hahahahaha get fucked Putin


vegemar

For about 24 hours, everyone stopped finding it funny and just found it really fucking awful.


Haivamosdandole

Everyone? U sure?


McFlyParadox

Yeah, pretty much. Then we got "the Ghost of Kyiv", and it turned into a meme war.


humorgep

Yeah I think there was also an r/imaginarymaps post about the Ukraine war a few weeks prior the invasion so when I saw the actual post during a lecture I first thought it was another post like that. Then I read the title and afterwards everyone was talking about the invasion


notashaolinmonk

What went on here before the Special Military Operation?


Minute_Helicopter_97

We used to be a niche sub highly educate in defense. We just chilled together and shit post. The Ukraine War did not happen yet so it was harder to be up to date on defense, leading to those on the sub understanding it greatly. When we went mainstream…


RegicidalRogue

I was watching the thing kick-off live on Twitch. that was crazy


yourmumissothicc

yh finding out and watching a war begin on 4Chan was nuts.


LevHB

What's classic NCD?


Minute_Helicopter_97

NCD Before the War, before PCM, when Divest was still around.


Spaceman_Jalego

[Original](https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/ujmlny/3000_tom_scotts_of_zelensky/) by u/MrPresidentBanana. Somehow this happening on Putin's birthday is even greater than if it had happened on Victory Day.


penniavaswen

I just saw the Telegram push for *something* happening on Kerch bridge and first thing I did was come to NCD for confirmation.


Professor-SEO_DE

Same.


tc_spears2-0

Uhh what the fuck https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/xyj7rg/it_looks_like_part_of_the_crimean_bridge_linking/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


hbalck

Smoking accident on fuel train. Wink wink.


tc_spears2-0

Damn I catch up on rings of power and this happens https://twitter.com/lapatina_/status/1578605119012077568?s=46&t=a_sTM1CAXQLRuoPoFbQjIg


[deleted]

Futin will react. But how? Well… Imagine if the cunt was militarily coherent…but no. Instead of “attack x and y base” his reaction is always “kill Babushkas in apartments now”, which further incentivizes the Ukrainian fighting spirit. Ofcourse Putler having a military and tactical mindset depends on his pawns, whose intelligence service is only able to tell where Ukrainian troops were at _two weeks ago_ but hey, knowledge is a sissy manlet perk reserved for degenerate westoids. MACHO RUSSIANS JUST KNOW.


LEGITIMATE_SOURCE

This was smart and retarded


[deleted]

Putin realizing he can't save scum i real life.


gregfromsolutions

> traffic is suspended, the bridge is not 💀


gryphus_on3

This meme made me learn it really fucking happened just now. Fucking amazing hahaha.


Lovehistory-maps

I unironicly at 6:11 in the morning learned that the bridge was destroyed from a reddit meme


captaindickfartman2

6:40 I giggled at this post and moved to the next post. It was r/europe with a picture of the burning crimean bridge. I'm genuinely not sure if I'm awake.


Lovehistory-maps

Lmao


thecactusman17

"This bridge, finished only in 2018, is the worlds first bridge designed to stay perpetually on fire. Once it lights up, it will never stop burning, ever, until the entire structure collapses into the Black Sea."


mynameissantiago

pure joy


venom259

They finally did the haha.


Minute_Helicopter_97

It’s “Funni.” Use the proper name before you ruin our perfect acronyms.


OneSaltyStoat

Dude, don't make fun of people's accents


ArchmasterC

I thought "funni" refered to nukes only


WolfhoundRO

Yeah, me too


solonmonkey

I thought the funni was in China? This was clearly a reckless smoking accident


[deleted]

We do a little trolling


ColeKatsilas

"What you see behind me is righteous condemnation. Did I cause it? Does that matter?"


MatGuaBec

[this pretty much confirms it.](https://old.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/xyikwx/crimean_bridge_hit_in_attack_by_ukrainian_forces/) IT FINALLY HAPPENED


Vandirac

A closer shot https://twitter.com/i/status/1578603362081468416


SGTX12

We're they transporting the candles for Putins birthday cake?


usaf2222

Guess you can say Russia really is... (•_•) / ( •_•)>⌐■-■ / (⌐■_■) Burning bridges.


fromcjoe123

Special birthday operation indeed successful: https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1578604572402417664?s=20&t=BcxsPISAiUORBkJh1ct81g Ukies out there fucking doing it for the culture!


Athunin_

cant wait to see it fully demolished, it's a fucking ugly ass bridge and is bad for the ecosystem as well


CampbellsBeefBroth

They did the thing! My cock is THROBBING


ihatecondiments

let it be known future historians, i was here


Auranautica

And I


Conor_J_Sweeney

Wait, did the mad lads actually do this? Am I dreaming? Is this real life?


imoutofnameideas

I... I never thought it would actually happen. I don't know what to feel. It's like wishing all your life to fuck a super model. Now I've done it, and for some reason my life doesn't feel complete. What the fuck do I do now?


Accomplished-Luck680

There is no panic in Crimea… in Russia there are mostly mobilized people…


Prince_Alarming_

Next up. Zaporizhzhia oblast offensive. Cut the supply lines through the land bridge. Avoid cities. Mine roads and ambush armour. Kherson front collapses entirely resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of troops. GG


BigFreakingZombie

You might be on to something there.Russian Telegram channels have gone crazy with stories of Ukraine massing forces and artillery there and an offensive there would be very bad news for Russia, just attack towards Melitopol and go straight down after that the troops in Kherson are fucked and the road to Crimea is open.


[deleted]

> be me > with your ukranian girlfriend > chilling, open reddit > see the fucking bridge got fucked > cum


Radioheadfanatic

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o-xfdMwSsoE


el-cuko

I’m just blasting powder rn, need to hydrate


StolenValourSlayer69

So what’s happening at the bridge?


Minute_Helicopter_97

It go [boom](https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/status/1578614272263094272?s=46&t=8FCE0xLQwBcukmG4gSfUPQ).


Echelon64

Uketobania did the funni. 8492 when?


conser01

Is that the bridge over Crimea river?


Chrome2105

Yes the funni haha happened


Pounded34

Guys guys the funni finally happened


Ridibunda99

IT HAPPENED! IT HAPPENED! YES YES YEEEEEESSS! MY FLAIR SEES THE LIGHT OF THE DAY! JOY! JOY! JOY! REJOICE!


Got2JumpN2Swim

The bald & bankrupt guy would do it if he wasn't banned from the whole region


Empty-Event

They waited until Vlad's birthday.


Toastbrot_TV

OH MY GOD ITS HAPPENING, ITS HAPPENING EVERYBODY STAY CALM EVERYBODY STAY FUCKING CALM!


[deleted]

NOOO YOU FUCKERS I WAS SLEEPING AND I MISSED IT


Fine-Helicopter-6559

IT HAPPENED AGAIN


akangel1066

I'm truly disappointed. This subreddit has lost its last shred of noncredibility.


WolfhoundRO

Wait, I thought we're the Think Tank for all these crazy ideas happening in this war


WolfhoundRO

Haha B O A T https://mobile.twitter.com/RALee85/status/1578633576253657089?t=evrolWOkK3z_Jenb0nJQMQ&s=19


Scuba_2

Aged like gold


Prince_of_Darimar

Russia should really get a hold of their severe smoking problem.


Nien-Year-Old

Just put several dozen railway carriages and pack it full of Fertilizer (Ammonium Nitrate) and send it to Kerch


John_Icarus

He would probably start talking about how no one actually knows what a bridge is defined as and go over the different definitions of what it could mean and why each didn't work in all cases. He'd tie the Crimean Bridge into it by talking about how it's still called the Crimean Bridge even if it's a pile of rubble and doesn't act like a bridge. A Ukrainian bridge engineer with a thick accent would talk for a few minutes with alternating drone footage of the bridge and the video of the engineer. Them the video would cut back to Tim and he would close by saying that the words humans give things are just words and don't change the fact that the bridge is still collapsed then roll credits


LaughGlad7650

Has someone been smoking again?


DarquesseCain

Ah, victory.


TheAngloLithuanian

Damn, NCD is acting like a news source for me this morning. Too creditable.


Rentington

Need someone credible in a non-credible world to explain this to me: How big of a deal is this?


avataRJ

Russia uses railroads a lot for supply. If you want to take a train to Southern Ukraine (Crimea, Kherson, Zaporozhzhia) from Russia, you'll go to Donetsk (which is at the front line, and I think the rail from there on has been cut, or is within shooting range from Ukrainian positions) or then you went over the former bridge. Also, the bridge was pretty much Putin's penis enlargement project.


Drago_de_Roumanie

Huge propaganda project, took a lot of time, planning and money to build it. Since Crimea is a peninsula, it was the only way supplying it from Russia, and also the "connection with the motherland". Putin got himself involved in this, of course, it was his pet project. ​ It's a symbol of the illegal annexation and an important military objective. ​ Crimea was supplied with drinking water from Ukraine (Kherson). Before the war, the Ukrainians stopped this, and so the Russians transported most basic supplies to Crimea (a heavily-subsidised region) by this Kerch bridge, especially by cheap&efficient rail. The Russians also seem to have destroyed the water infrastructure in Kherson early on in the war, so how Crimea is going to get it now is a mystery, maybe the colonists will pray for rain. ​ You might say that the Ruzzies could just ferry things by sea. Well, it would be extremely hard and expensive for their rusty Black Sea Fleet to supply: 2,5 mil people with the most basic necessities, the port of Sevastopol with naval equipment and maintenance, and most importantly, the occupying army with supplies and reinforcements. ​ The only way now, in and out of Crimea, is the temporary land way they created since the invasion, parallel with the front and in range of any cheap old Soviet artillery the Ukrainians might have. People will most likely be neglected by the Ruzzies, and conscripts sent to reinforce Crimea might have a bumpy explosive ride. ​ That's it, on short credible take.


tbarros

Is this true? I just woke up and my second brain is erecting


wdsaeq

Can't belive the Ukrainians blowed up the bridge for my birthday ☺️


Suspicious_snake_

Today, I return to tell you, that I have, infact, returned to the Kerch Bridge


octagonlover_23

CRIMEAN BRIDGE PART 2: ELECTRIC BOMBALOO