The Daily Populous Tuesday June 4th, 2024 day edition
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Russia knows Putin's Crimea bridge is "doomed," a Ukrainian official told The Economist.

Dmitry Pletenchuk said Russia is using a new railway because it knows the bridge is in trouble.

Ukraine has long threatened to destroy the bridge and could use US-supplied long-range ATACMS.

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Russia knows its Crimea bridge is doomed, which is forcing it to rely on a new railway for its military, according to a Ukrainian official.

Dmitry Pletenchuk, a spokesman for Ukraine's southern military command, made the statement to The Economist on Sunday.

It came after the US supplied long-range ATACMS to Ukraine, putting higher-value targets, including Crimea's Kerch Bridge, in Ukraine's crosshairs.

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Speedy059 on June 4th, 2024 at 06:21 UTC »

Make the bridge great again? Nm, let it sink to the ocean sea floor.

Sad_Nolte on June 4th, 2024 at 05:38 UTC »

The bridge must go.

macross1984 on June 4th, 2024 at 05:07 UTC »

The bridge may no longer be significant but I still say knock it down if nothing else for symbolic value that is equivalent to the sinking of pride of Russian Navy Moskva.

The world will see crumpled destroyed bridge and Putin will turn purple (or red?) in the face at his inability to protect the bridge which was one of his pet project costing lots of rubles.