Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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Remember when a few days ago China said it's ready to take over from the US and lead a new global order on peace, security and stability? Yeah Xi Ping still refuses to speak or meet with Zelensky or Ukraine's officials - request made to China to act as negotiator and mediator have been ignored and China refuses to even talk to Ukraine over the phone.

www.pravda.com.ua

Zelenskyy says he wants to talk to Xi Jinping, but didn’t receive return offer

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he sent a straight message through diplomatic channels that he wanted to talk to Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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Grim5 said:
Remember when they said they'll fix it in 2 days

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Not a very helpful video as it dosnt really show anything? Slightly buckled maintenance walkways. whilst the main rail deck looks intact. Meanwhile in the background the road deck looks like it could have been repaired or at least somewhat? Very selective in what they have shown. No visible traffic though so thats a bonus!
Any better videos photos to support that it hasnt been repaired?
 
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steve45 said:
Not a very helpful video as it dosnt really show anything? Slightly buckled maintenance walkways. whilst the main rail deck looks intact. Meanwhile in the background the road deck looks like it could have been repaired or at least somewhat? Very selective in what they have shown. No visible traffic though so thats a bonus!
Any better videos photos to support that it hasnt been repaired?
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This article has a detailed breakdown from an engineer. The road bridge was fully repaired in January (6 months ahead of schedule) but repairs on the rail bridge only started a couple of weeks ago.

Russia has started work to repair the section of the Crimean Bridge railway across the Kerch strait, which was significantly damaged in an explosion last October.

The Crimean Bridge is a 19km road and rail connection across the Kerch strait between Krasnodar on the Russian mainland and Kerch in annexed Crimea, which opened in 2018. A massive blast on 8 October 2022, suspected to be caused by Ukraine, destroyed a section of the road bridge and saw several spans collapse into the water below. The fire transferred to an oil tanker on the adjacent rail bridge, causing it significant structural damage as well.

Russia worked rapidly to repair and reopen the road bridge six months ahead of schedule. It is now working to repair the rail bridge, which was a crucial artery in the nation’s war efforts, as it carried resources and troops into Crimea, where they could be spread to the forces on the front line in Ukraine.

A military historian and researcher has spread images of Russia’s repair efforts on the rail bridge online. It shows that one span of the rail bridge has been entirely removed for remediation works to take place.
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NinjaCool said:
Yep and they are still bleeding manpower and equipment trying to take this small city
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In fairness I suppose it is the most high priority target they are currently able to threaten, by a wide margin. So it makes sense they would disproportionally focus it as the political/strategic victory would be highly important, if they fail however it will be very bad as they will have expended all that for nothing hence why they seem to be going full sunk cost fallacy on it.
 
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Minusorange said:
www.bbc.co.uk

No Ukraine offensive without more weapons – Zelensky

There has been talk for some weeks of Ukraine launching a spring offensive against Russian forces.
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It makes you wonder just how much losses Ukraine are having if they're making these kinds of statements
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Makes sense. Especially if Russia arnt prepared to make a spring push either. Western armour is yet to arrive in numbers and they are hanging out for reserves of artillery rounds. No point in going in half cocked if the lines arnt changing much. H'es only going to get a limited amount of armour from the west, I think its a smart move if he can get his chess pieces prepared in the right places before he makes a concerted push. Obviously if intelligence suggests that will change then he's going to have his hand forced though.
 
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*Putin: Moscow Will Station Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus - TASS
*Putin: Placing of Nuclear Weapons in Belarus Will Not Violate Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreements
*Putin: We Are Not Transferring Our Nuclear Weapons to Belarus but Will Station Them There, Like the United States Does In Europe
*Russia Has Moved 10 Aircraft to Belarus That Are Capable of Carrying Tactical Nuclear Weapons - TASS
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Not sure what these achieves, sounds pretty pointless.
 
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