War Archive

Crimean Bridge Explosion - Animated Analysis (2023x3)

: 09, 2023

It’s the early morning of October 8th, 2022. At approximately 6 am, the policeman checks the truck that travels from Russia to the annexed part of Ukraine. After the brief talk with the driver, the policeman takes a look inside. Seeing only some industrial film reels policeman decides to come back to more important business and lets the truck continue its journey to the Crimean peninsula. The only way to get there is via the Kerch Strait Bridge, which connects the Russian mainland with the territory of Ukraine, occupied by Russia in 2014. The policeman, however, did not realize that the truck that he had just inspected will never get to the end of Crimean Bridge.