{"id":63740,"date":"2022-10-08T10:57:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T15:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63740"},"modified":"2022-10-08T10:57:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T15:57:25","slug":"kirch-strait-bridge-attacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63740","title":{"rendered":"Kirch Strait Bridge Attacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ContributorArticleFull_header__I0kZO\">\n<h3 class=\"ContributorArticleFull_title__dW4Rc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2022-10-08\/kirch-strait-bridge-attacked\">Kirch Strait Bridge Attacked<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__t4rGu\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__6iJOI NodeBody_container__hI8PI\">\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images align-center\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/Kerch%20Strait%20Damage%202.jpg?itok=yeq2ZKCK\" alt=\"The Kerch Strait Bridge after an apparent suicide truck bombing.\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"cf779dd2-aa2a-4aa9-8921-deb7732263be\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>The Kerch Strait Bridge after an apparent suicide truck bombing Saturday morning.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>A Major Escalation In The Ukraine War<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kerch Strait bridge was the only bridge connecting the Crimea peninsula to mainland Russia.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Kerch%20Map.jpg?itok=iul6BkOi\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Kerch%20Map.jpg?itok=iul6BkOi\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/Kerch%20Map.jpg?itok=iul6BkOi\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"308\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"2ff9ec9d-07e0-4128-b8ad-d899bd018ea4\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Early on Saturday, the bridge was attacked, by what appears to have been a suicide truck bomb.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed-holdback\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1578637322874068997&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fnews%2F2022-10-08%2Fkirch-strait-bridge-attacked&amp;sessionId=5541b3b25676409572e04cd5f2f7d991a492a04b&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1c23387b1f70c%3A1664388199485&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1578637322874068997\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>According to early photos, the damaged appeared to be extensive, with an automobile span broken and sunk into the water, and the rail span above in flames.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Kerch%20Bridge%20Damage%201.jpg?itok=bfq1eXkW\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Kerch%20Bridge%20Damage%201.jpg?itok=bfq1eXkW\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/Kerch%20Bridge%20Damage%201.jpg?itok=bfq1eXkW\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"9a6a21cc-38cd-4834-a0bb-9f29c4e07e84\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><figcaption><em>Kerch Strait Bridge Damage. Photo via social media.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Elon Musk noted in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.portfolioarmor.com\/2022\/10\/04\/elon-musk-tries-to-prevent-world-war-iii\/\">his proposal<\/a>\u00a0to end the Ukraine War (and possibly prevent a nuclear war), Crimea had been part of Russia since 1783, until Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev transferred it to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic from the Russian Soviet Republic. Crimea\u2019s port city of Sebastopol has also historically been the home port of Russia\u2019s Black Sea Fleet, and is populated by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/multimedia\/2014\/3\/map-russian-the-dominantlanguageincrimea.html\">primarily by ethnic Russians<\/a>. It was re-annexed by Russia in 2014, after a U.S.-supported color revolution deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who had agreed to extend Russia\u2019s lease on the naval base at Sebastopol.<\/p>\n<p>If, as seems likely, this was a Ukrainian attack (In August, one of President Zelensky\u2019s advisors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/why-putins-bridge-has-become-ukraines-top-target-1734696\">vowed<\/a>\u00a0that they would attack the bridge), it represents a major escalation in the war, and comes on the heels of the U.S. Government acknowledging that the Ukrainian government was behind the assassination of Daria Dugina in Russia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed-holdback\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1577727807525748741&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fnews%2F2022-10-08%2Fkirch-strait-bridge-attacked&amp;sessionId=5541b3b25676409572e04cd5f2f7d991a492a04b&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1c23387b1f70c%3A1664388199485&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1577727807525748741\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Oleg Morozov, deputy of the State Duma from ruling United Russia party,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ria-ru.translate.goog\/20221008\/krym-1822420492.html\">told RIA Novosty<\/a>\u00a0that the attack on the bridge was an act of \u201cterrorist war\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An undisguised terrorist war is being waged against us. Moreover, the long-announced terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge is no longer just a challenge, it is a declaration of war without rules<\/p>\n<p><cite>Google translation via RIA Novosty<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirch Strait Bridge Attacked The Kerch Strait Bridge after an apparent suicide truck bombing Saturday morning. A Major Escalation In The Ukraine War The Kerch Strait bridge was the only bridge connecting the Crimea peninsula to mainland Russia. Early on Saturday, the bridge was attacked, by what appears to have been a suicide truck bomb. 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