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[Strongpoint]

Yay! Ukraine struck the Kerch bridge linking Russia and Crimea. There is quite substantial damage.

[Magmacube_tr]

Alright. I know this thread is about war, but hear me out.

Russians don't know what a toilet is.

Well they do, but they apparently have no idea how to operate one

There are videos on the internet where the russians had dug sewage holes on the floors of homes they were staying in instead of using the toilets just next door with still running water on.

Major L man.

Yea, look it up. I couldn't believe it too at first. But it is real.

Oh, and they steal the toilets as well. Yes. Really. I thought it was a silly lie to make Russia look bad. But it is real.

lol

[King Zultan]

So are we gonna find a fort made of stolen toilets, what would they need to steal them for?

[Lord Shonus]

Yay! Ukraine struck the Kerch bridge linking Russia and Crimea. There is quite substantial damage.

The rail portion of the bridge was on fire for a long time, extent of damage unknown.

The road portion now runs beneath the sea.

It is difficult to overstate how critical this bridge is. There's only a few major land routes that connect Crimea and the Kherson territory to Russia, and that bridge is the only one that's not imperiled by Ukrainian ground forces. Actual track still runs through territory that Ukraine won't reach any time soon, and it is possible to route trains along those paths, but the big nexi are either facing liberation or were absolutely wrecked in the initial conquest. That's going to massively increase not just the transit time for vital supplies, but the possibility that trains will back up long enough for the Ukranian military to target them with GMLRS systems. Losing the road is a Very Bad Thing for Russia. If they lose the rail link too, it's a potentially deadly wound in and of itself. Not something that will end the war, but it would be ruinous to their plans to defend against further offensives, not to mention making offensives of their own pretty much impossible.

[ChairmanPoo]

Joke's on you. Russian tanks are amphibious!

[Loud Whispers]

Drunk tank of the lake, tell me your wisdom

[brewer bob]

Just checked some footage and, damn, that was one helluva explosion.

[Strongpoint]

Looks like three road segments of one lane of the road bridge had collapsed (another lane is standing but it is unknown how safe it is for travel)

Rail bridge is in one piece with burnt remains of a fuel train still standing there. The extent of damage is unknown but a fire of such intensity may have compromised the structural integrity of the steel.

[Il Palazzo]

Are you saying train fuel can melt steel beams?

[Magmacube_tr]

Are you saying train fuel can melt steel beams?

I think the damage was due to expansion of the steel. Maybe it snapped in multiple places and became unpassable?

[hector13]

Russia doesn’t seem to think so, the bridge has partially re-opened.

A bit cheeky of them to suggest Ukraine has terroristic tendencies when they have targeted schools, hospitals, shopping malls, and theatres during their own campaign of terror.

[anewaname]

@Il Palazzo
It could have been train fuel in the tanks, but it probably wasn't. The fuel tanks were part of the hauled cargo.

[Il Palazzo]

Lord. If there was a window of time between 'too soon' and 'I don't get the reference' to be making 9/11 jokes, I must have missed it.

[anewaname]

Well, varieties of people and varieties of bubbles... I clearly missed it.

[brewer bob]

Are you saying train fuel can melt steel beams?

So that's what they used!