Satellite Image, Kerch Strait Bridge to Crimea. by NASA.  Public Domain

At Medium, Chris Snow reveals that Russia’s bridge to Crimea, a tactically crucial artery for the Russian invaders, is crumbling … due to bad construction, not due to Ukrainian attacks.  A perfect metaphor for why Russia is losing and will lose this encounter with the Spiritual Justice Warriors of Ukraine.  Excerpt:

The Kerch bridge is the only artificial land connection between the Crimean peninsula and Russsia. Some parts of the bridge collapsed last year in October after a mysterious explosion. Russia has frantically tried to repair the damage. The reopening of Putin’s favorite piece of architecture is scheduled for July. It might be very short-lived.

Without liberating Crimea, Ukraine will never be safe

In turn, losing Crimea will likely end Putin’s reign of terror. These cracks are symbolic for the state of Putin’s imperial project. Both the bridge and Putin’s ambitions are damaged beyond repair.

“It began with Crimea, and it will end with Crimea” Selensky

Ukraine will keep the bridge intact for another 30 to 90 days. So that the Russian army and pro Putin civilians have a way to escape

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The biggest enemy of the bridge, though, might be Russia’s corrupt construction business. The cracks that have appeared recently likely don’t have anything to do with damage from ordnance.

These cracks are a result of Russia’s notorious “fast construction projects.”

When we look at some past urbanizing projects in Russia under Krushchev. We can find many buildings that have collapsed due to cutting corners during their construction. We still don’t know which pillars have cracked or how many have cracked in total. But even if just a few of them have cracked, it might make the transportation of heavy equipment a very dangerous endeavor.

The fact that any of these pylons have cracked after only five years is further proof of the systemic corruption in Putin’s Russia. Russia’s corruption is indeed its own worst enemy.

Glory to Ukraine!