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Russian- Ukraine War Flash Report - July 16, 2023 21:30 PDT - Crimean Bridge Partial Collapse After Attack
🕑 Added 2023-07-17 04:41:07 +0000 UTCWe've seen pictures and videos and can confirm that the highway section of the Crimean Bridge partially collapsed after a Ukrainian attack. There were two explosions, one at 03:14 and one at 03:20 local time. There are reports of two civilians killed and one injured. There is a graphic video that confirms one injury.
The attack involved cruise missiles or an uncrewed underwater or surface vessel. There are conflicting reports from the Russian side.
Railroad service is suspended, although local officials insist the railroad bridge is not damaged and will reopen shortly. Reserving judgment based on similar claims made on October 9, 2022.
The Kerch Strait Ferry is also suspended, so tourists have been advised they will need to drive from Crimea, through Kherson/Zaporizhia, through Mariupol in Donetsk, and back into Russia.
Local officials are asking residents not to panic buy groceries and fuel, and tourists have been asked to stay in their hotels and not leave until given the all-clear.
Russian milbloggers are in a complete meltdown.
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Big guns on navy boats are designed to hit big and different types of targets. Similarly air defence systems didn't do well against the small UAV. Electronic jamming seems to be the most effective defence against these drones. Ukraine has been known to modify commercial drones to make them more resilient to jamming systems. Both sides are conducting sophisticated electronic warfare but the Ukrainians win the MacGuyver prize. Video of the USV attack on the Port of Sevastopol from the previous day showed the difficulty Russian defences had hitting it. They eventually hit it with machine gun fire but it got very close to reaching its target (less than 100m from the Fleet). The UAV used in that attack also caused panic and failed attempts to shoot them down before jamming systems were used. (And the Ukrainians intentionally used flight paths which would stretch the Russian air defences.)
Yeah!
