• lemme_at_it@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I read a theory about why Ukraine has not completely destroyed the bridge to Crimea, even if they were able to, was to leave a way out & not fight the occupying troops into a corner, at which point their destructive unpredictability is worse than just letting them leave . This could be similar

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      1 year ago

      No, that doesn’t make a lot of sense. Russia has enough boats/ships to evacuate Crimea if they wanted. They used to supply the whole Crimea woth ships before the bridge was built.

      If Ukraine could, they would definitely destroy the bridge. But it’s just very difficult task.

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        1 year ago

        Putin would forbid any evacuation plans. A bridge allows scared soldiers a way to run away without permission from command.

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          1 year ago

          WTF, the bridge has checkpoints on both sides, you’re not going to somehow sneak thousands of soldiers.

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              1 year ago

              You think they would mutiny? Then they can just steal some of the many ships in the harbors.

              And again, 20 km long bridge is a perfect place to destroy / stop whatever you want. It’s a chokepoint, hell to get through if the other sode doesn’t want to let you go through.

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        1 year ago

        You are assuming that the Russian government values the lives of their soldiers more than the strategic and economic benefit of holding Crimea. I think they’d rather hold Crimea at all costs.

        And if they have to lose their Crimean dream, I’m sure they’d rather it happen after a Stalingrad-esque situation, where literally everyone fights to the very, very, very last, instead of the ignominy of their troops retreating from those lovely warm water ports.