23 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Crimea bridge partly reopens after huge explosion - Russia

 

By Hugo Bachega in Kyiv and Patrick Jackson in London

BBC News

 

Light traffic has resumed on Russia's only bridge to Crimea, hours after a huge blast brought down sections of the roadway.

The blast on Europe's longest bridge - a symbol of Russia's annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 - killed three people, investigators say.

The victims were in a nearby car when a lorry blew up, Russian officials claim.

See more:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63183404

question is, seeing what happen and imagining what could happen again soon or very soon, how safe do the ORCS feel about using it 555

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

Well, it's really 2 bridges. At least 2 separate roads. The one that got hit is the one that has a road and train tracks. The trains are a very important means of transporting materiel destined for Kherson. 

 

It looks like the truck exploded on one carriageway at the precise moment a tanker train was on the rail line above it causing the huge fire on the rail line

 

EDIT

OR as is now being suggested the explosion came from below and was detonated by line of site when a tanker train was at that point

 

The civilian killing goes on.

 

Official: Strikes on Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia kill 17

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia overnight struck apartment buildings and killed at least 17 people, a top official in the Ukrainian city said Sunday.

City council Secretary Anatoliy Kurtev said the city was struck by rockets overnight, and that at least five private houses were destroyed and around 40 were damaged. The Ukrainian military also confirmed the attack, saying that there were dozens of casualties.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-9f6099f7ab937d4e6563aa0aaa4a3184

 

Video of the nightmare in the tweet below

 

 

An off topic rambling post and a reply has been removed.

 

Putin's televised announcement on Sunday Evening moans it was an act of Terrorism Err what do you call firing missiles into Residential non Military Targets Vlad?. Reports are coming in this morning that missiles have hit Kiev. If so where were they fired from? I suspect inside Belarus allowing them to use their border to launch strikes.

22 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

Putin's televised announcement on Sunday Evening moans it was an act of Terrorism Err what do you call firing missiles into Residential non Military Targets Vlad?. Reports are coming in this morning that missiles have hit Kiev. If so where were they fired from? I suspect inside Belarus allowing them to use their border to launch strikes.

how can it be an act of terrorism when the bridge it's built illegally on another country's land, the act of originally building it on an other country's illegally annexed territory was an act of terrorism, defending one's own land has never been an act of terrorism

The terrorists attacking Kyiv, indiscriminate missile strikes, plenty of vids on twitter, childrens playground also hit

 

 

Ukraine war: BBC journalist ducks as explosions hit central Kyiv

The BBC's correspondent in Kyiv, Hugo Bachega, was delivering a news report when several explosions happened in the centre of Ukraine's capital city.

The BBC has spoken to Hugo and confirmed that he and the camera crew are safe.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-63197951

23 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The terrorists attacking Kyiv, indiscriminate missile strikes, plenty of vids on twitter, childrens playground also hit

 

 

Ukraine war: BBC journalist ducks as explosions hit central Kyiv

The BBC's correspondent in Kyiv, Hugo Bachega, was delivering a news report when several explosions happened in the centre of Ukraine's capital city.

The BBC has spoken to Hugo and confirmed that he and the camera crew are safe.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-63197951

You would have thought they would have had a Patriot type of missile defense ready by now

Some pictures from the attack in this report

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11298407/Missile-strikes-hit-Kyiv-Putin-pledged-revenge-Crimea-bridge-blast.html

Sepious there has not been any attacks on kiev for Months so likely the crews that man the defense systems around the city were not on duty as they don't man them 24/7 only when a strike is a possibility. Plus they were fired close so there would be little time to intercept them. Just another indiscriminate attack on Civilians from Putin's thugs.

1 hour ago, BarraMarra said:

Putin's televised announcement on Sunday Evening moans it was an act of Terrorism Err what do you call firing missiles into Residential non Military Targets Vlad?. Reports are coming in this morning that missiles have hit Kiev. If so where were they fired from? I suspect inside Belarus allowing them to use their border to launch strikes.

Psychopaths, narcissists and madmen only see the evil in others, never in themselves. It’s always someone else’s fault, they are never to blame for anything. 

2 hours ago, Seppius said:

You would have thought they would have had a Patriot type of missile defense ready by now

Reports from BBC said the latest count from the Ukraine Ministry of defense was 75 missiles but they shot down 41 of them. However that still left over 30 landing and causing carnage and destruction. No tactical reason for this, just pure terror that coincides also with the new commander for Russian forces in Ukraine General Sergey Surovikin taking charge after the Crimea Bridge attack.

55 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

the new commander for Russian forces in Ukraine General Sergey Surovikin taking charge after the Crimea Bridge attack.

I read that this guy is an extremely brutal and also very corrupt general, even by Russian standards, which says a lot. So Ukraine knows what it’s up against. 

Lukashenko says Belarus and Russia to deploy joint military group

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said Belarus and Russia will deploy a joint military task force in response to what he called an aggravation of tension on the country’s western borders, according to the state-run Belta news agency.

Lukashenko said on Monday the two countries had started pulling forces together two days ago, apparently after the explosion on a bridge linking Russia to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/10/lukashenko-says-belarus-and-russia-to-deploy-joint-military-group

 

This was also mentioned on BBC live

21 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Lukashenko says Belarus and Russia to deploy joint military group

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said Belarus and Russia will deploy a joint military task force in response to what he called an aggravation of tension on the country’s western borders, according to the state-run Belta news agency.

Lukashenko said on Monday the two countries had started pulling forces together two days ago, apparently after the explosion on a bridge linking Russia to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/10/lukashenko-says-belarus-and-russia-to-deploy-joint-military-group

 

This was also mentioned on BBC live

This sounds like bad news ,along with the bombing that is killing civilians ,again.

I just hope that a few countries will get the same idea and pull together to fight against Russia.

 

 

Cowards 1 missile landed in a kid's playground and cars in the Ctr of Kyiv knowing full well it was rush hour. Ukraine now have the right to target Russia and Belarus yet more War Crimes on Putin's Rap sheet and his Thug leaders.

I would love a bombing raid on the Red square.  But that would be seen by Russia as an escalation. A bad but lovely move.

1 hour ago, BarraMarra said:

Ukraine now have the right to target Russia

err... they have had that right since 2014.

 

47 minutes ago, stevenl said:

I would love a bombing raid on the Red square.  But that would be seen by Russia as an escalation. A bad but lovely move.

I really don't understand that talk of "escalation".

Nothing Ukraine can do with its own weapons (not western ones) can be seen as escalation.

Ukraine is defending in Ruzzia's full-out war. Short of using WMD, everything Ukraine does to strike Ruzzian military targets is fair game.

10 minutes ago, tgw said:

I really don't understand that talk of "escalation".

Nothing Ukraine can do with its own weapons (not western ones) can be seen as escalation.

Ukraine is defending in Ruzzia's full-out war. Short of using WMD, everything Ukraine does to strike Ruzzian military targets is fair game.

That's from your perspective, you have to look at it from Putin's perspective.

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

That's from your perspective, you have to look at it from Putin's perspective.

thankfully I don't have to look at things from the perspective of a madman .

 

11 hours ago, jvs said:

This sounds like bad news ,along with the bombing that is killing civilians ,again.

I just hope that a few countries will get the same idea and pull together to fight against Russia.

 

No need to wait for other people to do anything. Far as I know anyone can join Ukraine armed forces. Certainly many have done so already.

Don't just talk about others doing something- just do it yourself.

10 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

No need to wait for other people to do anything. Far as I know anyone can join Ukraine armed forces. Certainly many have done so already.

Don't just talk about others doing something- just do it yourself.

So individuals should buy missile systems, tanks, military drones, schedule spy satellites over Ukrainian to provide military intelligence, engage in diplomacy  and enact economic sanctions?

 

Of course not, the response needs to come from nation states.

 

Individuals wishing nations and international nation state organizations would do more is entirely understandable.

 

 

17 hours ago, Seppius said:

You would have thought they would have had a Patriot type of missile defense ready by now

Agreed, but they have real patriot systems. Turn up the volume to hear the missiles flying overhead.  Would love to know what "suka bartay" means.

 

 

6 hours ago, tgw said:

thankfully I don't have to look at things from the perspective of a madman .

If you want to understand whether he sees it as an escalation, yes, you have to.