Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Ukraine - Bigger Damage Inflicted on Crimean Bridge




Here some excerpts from different Chinese sources that published their reports about the 2nd Ukrainian attack, targeting the strategically important Kerch Bridge in Russian occupied Crimea on July 17. They are quoting today's news from China's CCTV (July 19).

主管交通运输的俄罗斯联邦副总理马拉特·胡斯努林说:“克里米亚大桥公路部分的一跨已被摧毁且无法修复”。此外,“大桥的一条铁轨有轻微损坏。”克里米亚刻赤海峡大桥被炸以后,如何恢复与克里米亚半岛的交通成了头等大事。[NetEase]

"A span of the highway section of the Crimea Bridge has been destroyed beyond repair," said Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin of the Russian Federation in charge of transport. In addition, "one rail of the bridge was slightly damaged." After the Kerch Strait Bridge in Crimea was bombed, how to restore traffic with the Crimea Peninsula became a top priority.


The Chinese source emphasizes that US satellites are obviously monitoring every move in the Russian-Ukrainian war theater almost 24 hours a day.

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克里米亚大桥17日凌晨再遭破坏,造成两人死亡、一人受伤,大桥公路路面受损。俄罗斯副总理胡斯努林18日表示,须拆除通往刻赤方向被摧毁的桥段,修复所需的材料和构件17日已经从陶里亚蒂[Толья́тти]启运。由于桥墩位于汽车车道和铁路车道之间,无法使用浮吊,需建造一座250米长的临时桥,预计这一工作将耗时2个月。初步预计,修复费用可能为10亿至13亿卢布(约合人民币8000万至1亿元)。[Sohu]

The Crimea Bridge was damaged again in the early morning of the 17th, resulting in two deaths, one injury, and damage to the road surface of the bridge. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Khusnullin said on the 18th that the destroyed bridge section leading to Kerch must be dismantled, and the materials and components needed for repair have been shipped from Togliatti [former Stavropol in Samara Oblast] on the 17th. Since the pier is located between the car lane and the railway lane, floating cranes cannot be used, and a 250-meter-long temporary bridge needs to be built. This work is expected to take 2 months. It is initially estimated that the repair cost may be 1 billion to 1.3 billion rubles (about 80 million to 100 million yuan).


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