Ukraine War, 12 August 2023: Kerch Bridge

A ‘quicky’ here, because this was really a memorable day: the way things are looking right now, the Kerch Bridge - the vital communication between south-western Russia and the occupied Crimea - was hit no less than eight times today:

Most important would be the question: was the railway bridge damaged or not?

If it’s blocked: good. Considering the Armiansk-, Chongar-, and Henichevsk Bridges were already hit (repeatedly), the last two weeks, conclusion would be on hand that the mass of Russian military communications into southern Kherson and southern Zaporizhzhya are presently cut off.

If it’s not blocked: not that good. Means, at least the communication to the Crimea remains intact.

Of course, the VSRF is going to rush to apply repairs, and trying to continue re-supplying its troops in that part of Ukraine via ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol, but the capacity it can deliver via these is much smaller than per train.

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‘In other news’: it turned out the battalion of the Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade sent to Robotyne, lost a better part of a company of troops there. The commander of the battalion in question then flipped out in - meanwhile - typical style.