The bridge suffered damage after one of its sections was blown up, killing two people and wounding a child.

Traffic on the single bridge that links Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea and serves as a key supply route for the Kremlin’s forces in the war with Ukraine came to a standstill on Monday after one of its sections was blown up, killing a couple and wounding their daughter.

The RBC Ukraine news agency reported that explosions were heard on the bridge, with Russian military bloggers reporting two strikes.

RBC Ukraine and another Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda said the attack was planned jointly by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian navy, and involved sea drones.

  • Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have another interesting tidbit on the snipers thing:

    https://archive.is/cjHkh

    This is an interesting article from the BBC going into the many sus things about this event and painting the picture that the far right was likely involved. One of the most interesting things about it is that the bbc has deleted it, which is the first instance of sussy journalistic war censorship I’ve seen. The original no longer exists.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It could also be that they took it down because it’s all a collection of people saying different unprovable things.

      What’s for sure is that it was Berkut who sniped protesters, plenty of matched bullets to prove that one, they also are – or rather were – the exact kind of bastard cops to do such things, the whole organisation got dissolved in 2014 due to their brutality (not just sniping) during the protests.

      Who started what and exactly who shot or tortured whom where and so on we’ll probably never now, at least not better than we know now (there’s been court cases). I also don’t doubt that Berkut caught some bullets, Ukrainians aren’t the kind of people who cower and retreat when being shot at. Russian special ops or Right sector escalating the situation or, heck, why not a Berkut Agent Provocateur. It’s pointless, we’ll probably never know. Well the Russians might still have written documentation about orders or something but on the Ukrainian side all available evidence has been gone over with a fine-toothed comb, nothing more to get there.

      • Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        The issue here is that with the ukrainian side taking the “there was no gunshots from any maidan protester buildings” position it eliminates all trust. Folks in crimea don’t trust anything they say they’ll do now or in future because they see them as lying about core narratives that led up to this situation. Meanwhile you have research papers in american universities saying things like:

        This academic investigation concludes that the massacre was a false flag operation, which was rationally planned and carried out with a goal of the overthrow of the government and seizure of power. It found various evidence of the involvement of an alliance of the far right organizations, specifically the Right Sector and Svoboda, and oligarchic parties, such as Fatherland. Concealed shooters and spotters were located in at least 20 Maidan-controlled buildings or areas. The various evidence that the protesters were killed from these locations include some 70 testimonies, primarily by Maidan protesters, several videos of “snipers” targeting protesters from these buildings, comparisons of positions of the specific protesters at the time of their killing and their entry wounds, and bullet impact signs. The study uncovered various videos and photos of armed Maidan “snipers” and spotters in many of these buildings.

        • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          This academic investigation concludes that the massacre was a false flag operation,

          Directly contradicting forensic evidence. Those were Berkut bullets in protestor’s bodies. Unless you’re saying that Berkut gave (and then collected) weapons to Right Sector etc at which point yes it would’ve been a false flag but not one that would exonerate the bastards.

          The issue here is that with the ukrainian side taking the “there was no gunshots from any maidan protester buildings” position it eliminates all trust.

          Where are you hearing that kind of stuff. Also who else but protestors is supposed to have shot Berkut cops dead, the question if at all is who started it.

          • Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I don’t know man but shit doesn’t add up.

            Where are you hearing that kind of stuff

            Friends. I told you I personally know people in the region through various connections. I spent 2 weeks in Crimea myself in 2009, which is obviously not a lot of time but I have some comrades I personally know there. I had some in Ukraine too but I’ve lost contact with everyone and have no idea if they’re dead, rounded up by the conscription gangs and forced to go to combat, or arrested by SBU.