...there's one 'nice' characteristics about Soviet-designed pontoon bridges - as in use by the ZSU…

Thus, expecting the Inhulets would 'wash them away'.... and that in a situation in which Ukrainians have had enough advance warning to …

...there's one 'nice' characteristics about Soviet-designed pontoon bridges - as in use by the ZSU (and the VSRF): most of them are floating.

Thus, expecting the Inhulets would 'wash them away'.... and that in a situation in which Ukrainians have had enough advance warning to - for example - retract them, too.....that was verry, very optimistic (from Putin and the GenStab).