![]() ![]() The fact of the matter is though it is a body blow, once again, to one of his prestige projects and a symbol if ever there was one that the war will be felt at home in ever more uncomfortable ways. It is hard to verify, and I am sure Putin would like everyone to think the strike was pointless. ![]() This was a senseless crime from a military point of view, the president said, because the bridge had not been used for military transportation for some time. It came with a lot of attempts to reassure the Russian public in between that everything would return to normal as soon as possible, that anyone affected would be appropriately looked after, that security around the bridge and alternative routes in and out of Crimea would be ensured. This time we heard a lot more, beginning with what seemed like a rebuke from the president that the Kerch bridge should have been hit for a second time, and ending with a threat to Ukraine that there would be a response. Generally the Kremlin broadcasts the first couple of minutes or so where the president tends to say something bland like "there is much to talk about" and the rest is discussed behind closed doors. It is not often the public get to see much of Vladimir Putin’s security council meetings. Vladimir Putin has ordered the use of Russian military assets to ferry tourists across the Kerch Strait, the ISW said. It added that Russian tourists fleeing Crimea "likely exacerbated traffic" and "likely impeded Russian logistics from Crimea to rear areas in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts". ![]() Russian sources reported extensive traffic jams in Crimea's Dzhankoy Raion and occupied Kherson Oblast towards Melitopol, the ISW said. They have been "urging Russian civilians to drive through and to a warzone rather than advising them to avoid it as a responsible government would", the Institute for the Study of War said.įollowing the blasts yesterday, heavy civilian traffic was rerouted from Crimea to Russia through occupied southern Ukraine. Yesterday's attack on the Kerch Bridge linking Crimea with Russia killed a couple who were travelling with their daughter for a holiday in the occupied territory.ĭespite Crimea being subjected to repeated attacks, Russian and occupation officials have continued to promote the occupied area as a tourist destination, according to analysts. ![]()
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