On Kerch Bridge aka #CrimeanBridge

We do not know how it was hit. We will find out eventually. It is not in Ukraine's interest to let Russia know how they did it, and makes sense to keep Putin guessing

Let me show you 5 plausible ways it might have happened
#RussiaIsLosing Image
When you look at this video of the truck, it would support view, that the TRUCK itself exploded. It would then have been carrying a full load of explosives. Could have been a suicide mission. If so, heroic sacrifice. I hope no partisan had to die for this Image
Variation of that 'truck explosion' is not suicide mission but a remote detonation. The explosives needed to break this bridge, sitting on a steel truckbed 1 meter (3 feet) above the road surface, make me doubt it was the method. Unlikely but certainly plausible Image
Third method would be explosives set to the bridge by commandos. Likely arrived by boat or submarine & climbed on (both) bridges. This would be very risky operation, because this bridge is highly guarded incl continuous video surveillance Image
Fourth method, long range variant of HIMARS type of MLRS rockets. They were already demonstrated in the destruction of bridges at Kherson. These missiles do not need daytime to strike with precision. Ukraine is believed to have had the range to reach this bridge for over 2 months Image
Fifth way would be undetectable drones like Bayraktar, perhaps larger to carry the munitions big enough to destroy a bridge at one hit, and with night vision. So imagine say pair of Predator class drones

That they timed it to also hit the train, suggests it was steered by humans Image
I can imagine other ways too, but these 5 are most likely. Putin loved this bridge. He wanted it defended. Russia tried to claim it cannot be destroyed. Ukraine showed they can destroy this bridge at will. Ukraine selected Putin's birthday to strike his bridge
#SlavaUkraini Image

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Oct 9
On Kerch Bridge aka #CrimeanBridge. We saw the road bridge clearly damaged but on the outside lane. What I ponder is this train on fire?

Look at train cars, 5 separate fires but not on consecutive cars. One explosion on the CAR BRIDGE is highly unlikely to produce this on train Image
So let's use a bit of close-up to this photo in the morning when train was still on fire. Look at gap between leftmost fireball and next fireball. Two fuel cars are not on fire. How did the next 4 fires to right start, from ONE explosion that started leftmost fire?

Hmmmmmm... Image
I believe the explosion we see on roadway part of bridge, that is seen on security cam - did not produce each of these 5 separate fires. It may have produced one or 2 or 3 near each other. This photo evidence suggests strongly SEPARATE attack on train, different from road bridge Image
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Oct 8
Photo of Kerch Bridge aka #CrimeanBridge this morning with fire still burning on train. Can see 3 broken parts to bridge but only on one lane. Burn marks on left roadway suggest point of main detonation/strike. Will give some observations
Look at undamaged roadway. It has clear burn marks next to middle section of broken roadway. Suggests that middle breach to bridge was main explosion. Is consistent with burning train which would have gone in this photo from left to right, and stopped Image
There was speculation of under-bridge explosion (commandos, or covert boat). The way the roadway bends down into the water at middle broken section does not suggest under-bridge explosion, but rather above-bridge explosion detonating downward. That would produce a bend to surface Image
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Oct 7
Lets understand 'Trump still holds classified documents' story

FIRST: this is NY Times of propaganda parrot Magamaggot Maggie Haberman fame. Do not read or subscribe to NY Times, it is the print equivalent of Fox #FixFox and is spinning a pro-Trump angle to any story
Second, this story is NOT from Dept of Justice. Garland's DOJ does not leak. This story was PLANTED by Trump attorney

Do not, dammit fall for ANY spin by Trump attorneys in believing it to be the full truth. Come on! Whatever story from #Trumpoworld is leaked - TRUTH IS WORSE
Because this NY Times story references internal squabble between Trump attorneys, this story was planted by a Trump attorney. And clearly the side of his lawyers who want Trump to hand over remaining documents

So this could be the Three Million Dollar Man, Kise on losing side
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Oct 4
Trump committed crimes for decades

But in the Summer of 2020 Trump criming changed. He knew he will lose the November election, when Mitch McTurtle came on Obama-Tan Suit Day to White House to tell Trump, GOP Senators have cut him loose

Since summer 2020 Trump ran a crime WAVE Image
So from Summer 2020, Trump launched his grift of Magadoners. After the November election, Trump conned Magavoters out of $250 MILLION dollars (one quarter of a Billion dollars) in next 6 months - AFTER the election, just to pay Trump attorneys and pay the interest on Trump debts Image
After summer of 2020 Trump launched Rudy Giuliani & John Norseman, Southpaw, Westend, Eastwind to go hatch fake electors in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania etc. And tons of other election meddling like the false accusations against Dominion Voting Systems at Fox #FixFox Image
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Oct 1
My fellow Russians

My quick & easy three day war into Ukraine has now run into its 8th month. We lost the battle of Kyiv, their capital & largest city. As you can see, my war started out tremendously well.. for the Ukrainians

#SlavaUkraini #TableBoy #CzarLilliPutin #LilliPutin
After we lost the battle of Kyiv, we proceeded to lose the battle of Kharkiv too. Kharkiv is their second largest city. After a prolonged battle we lost at Snake Island. Then we lost the battle for Izyum, a town we had seized. As you can tell, this war is going remarkably well
When our army fled Izyum, they left all our heavy weapons there for the Ukrainians to use against us in this war. This is part of my glorious plan. We did the same in our loss at Snake Island. We abandoned all our valuable military gear there too. We've gifted Ukraine 500 tanks
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Sep 30
My fellow Russians

My quick & easy three day war into Ukraine has now running into its 8th month. We lost the battle of Kyiv, their capital & largest city. Then we lost the battle of Kharkiv too, their second largest city. Next we lost the battle for Izyum, a town we had seized
When our army fled Izyum, they left all our heavy weapons there for the Ukrainians to use against us in this war. This is part of my glorious plan. We did the same in our loss at Snake Island. We abandoned all our valuable military gear there too. We've handed Ukraine 500 tanks
The largest warship on the Black Sea, our Navy flagship, the mighty missile cruiser Moskva was sunk. And sunk by an enemy who does not operate a navy. The commander of our Navy has been fired. All remaining Russian warships from our naval base at Sevastopol have bravely fled away
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