27 July 2022 10:40 am On Wednesday night, Ukrainian forces damaged a bridge over the Dnieper River in the city of Kherson using US-supplied HIMARS rocket launchers. The bridge is currently closed, the area’s military-civilian administration said. Source: AFP © STRINGER According to the deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region, the […]
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Former NATO commander encourages attack on Crimean bridge — RT EN
Destroying the Crimean bridge would be a “major blow” to Russia, General Philip Breedlove, former NATO commander in Europe, said in an interview. The bridge is a legitimate target for the Ukrainian armed forces. The bridge, which connects the Crimean Peninsula to mainland Russia, is a “legitimate target” for Ukrainian forces, according to former NATO […]
Bundeswehr soldiers planned to blow up the Crimean bridge — RT DE
In May, the police in Schleswig-Holstein arrested a dozen suspects after burglaries at the Bundeswehr. Among them are said to be two soldiers who wanted to destroy the bridge between Crimea and mainland Russia with stolen explosives. “A series of burglaries, long investigations, a crazy plan: how German soldiers wanted to intervene in the Ukraine […]
Bridge for Bezos’ yacht will not be dismantled — RT DE
5 July 2022 10:47 p.m A bridge in Rotterdam is not high enough for Jeff Bezos’ yacht and should therefore be partially dismantled. The project led to violent protests. Now the bridge will not be removed after all. How the yacht is to get to the open sea is unclear. Source: AFP © SAUL LOEB […]
Ukraine threatens to destroy Europe’s longest bridge — RT EN
Should western Ukraine deliver such weapons, Kyiv will use them to destroy the bridge over the Kerch Strait. This was announced by a Ukrainian general in an interview with a US state-funded media outlet published on Wednesday. Ukraine should target the bridge linking Crimea to mainland Russia across the Kerch Strait as soon as it […]
First highway bridge between Russia and China opens — RT DE
The first highway bridge between Russia and China was opened in the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk. The construction of the bridge was completed in 2019, but the opening to traffic was delayed due to the corona restrictions. Previously there was only one cross-border railway bridge. Freight traffic was opened on Friday on the first highway […]
Kyiv’s words about Crimean bridge attack are announcement of terrorist attack — RT EN
21 Apr 2022 8:48 p.m Alexey Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, did not rule out an attack on the Crimean bridge should such an opportunity arise. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called such statements unacceptable. The Russian President’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, has described the statements by the Secretary of the […]
Ambassador Bridge between US and Canada cleared by police — RT DE
14 Feb 2022 4:34 pm In protest against the Canadian corona measures, participants in the so-called “freedom convoy” blocked the Ambassador border bridge between the USA and Canada. Traffic on this important trade route has been rolling again since Monday morning. For several days, as part of the so-called “Freedom Convoys” blocked the border bridge […]
Rotterdam plans to dismantle historic bridge for Amazon founders — RT EN
3 Feb 2022 3:40 p.m Because Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ superyacht cannot fit under the historic Koningshaven Bridge, the authorities in Rotterdam have agreed to temporarily dismantle it. However, Bezos promised that he would pay for it. The townspeople are outraged. The US billionaire Jeff Bezos is again under criticism. The reason is his gigantic […]