1/ Sabotage of the #CrimeanBridge
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According to eyewitnesses, the explosion occurred around 6 am EET.
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According to preliminary data, a fuel train is on fire on.
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• Russian channels claim that a freight train caught on fire over the bridge.
• Local residents have been posting that their windows shattered.
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07/ Sabotage of the #KerchBridge
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Visual damage to the bridge lane and tanker train set ablaze.
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Moment of the explosion leaked/circulated by Russian channels.
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11.1/ Sabotage of the #KerchBridge
Russia’s reaction. What is known at the moment:
• Putin instructed to form a government commission to investigate the incident. • Peskov said that the timing of the restoration of the bridge is still unknown.
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• According to Yandex Maps, the Kerch bridge will be closed until Oct. 31st.
• The launch of a ferry crossing is impossible due to the lack of ferries themselves in Crimea.
• The sale of train tickets to Crimea has been suspended.
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2 spans of the bridge have collapsed. Interestingly, they were not adjacent or next to each other.
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Archive video of #Medvedev from July 17, 2022: “If they hit Crimea, Judgment Day will come for them,”
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This angle better shows the level of destruction of the bridge.
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Minutes before the explosion,the truck was inspected. At the traffic police post, they looked into the trailer, but did not seem to find anything suspicious.Minutes later,according to the cameras,the truck was blown up in motion.
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What is known so far:
• At least 3 dead confirmed.
• 1.3 km of railway track damaged.
• The identity of the driver has been established.
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The explosion and fire on the Crimean bridge has lifted up the mood of many Ukrainians.
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After Snake Island post stamps, round 2: Kerch Bridge’s on Fire!
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18.2/ Sabotage of the #KerchBridge
Current location: #Kyiv. It appears that the actual post stamps will be made available at the General Post Office.
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Satellite image of the burning Crimean bridge.
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#Putin signed a decree on “strengthening measures to protect the transport bridge across the Kerch Strait, the power grid energy bridge and the main gas pipeline”
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Footage of the damage.
One lane out of four is working.
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The owner of the truck that exploded on the Crimean bridge, Samir Yusubov, recorded a video in which he claims that he had nothing to do with the incident. According to him, the vehicle was used by his uncle.
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Unofficial sources claim: the truck driver was 51 y/oMakhir Yusubov who frequently traveled through the territory of #Krasnodar. The last stretch of the way to the bridge could be driven in 30 minutes, but it took him 6 hours.
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Potential evidence and arguments showing that the bridge may have been blown from below.
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Planet Scope - Satellite images of the Kerch bridge taken on October 7 and 8 - before and after the explosion.
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The good experts of the @MriyaReport are very confident that this was an #ATACMS strike. Tune in.
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