re: #108 Dr Lizardo

Whatever caused this extent of damage would have to be significant:

I don’t think they’re gonna be able to just patch that up with a little rebar and concrete.

Carlo Graziani, (subbing for Adam Silverman) posted on this very subject at Balloon Juice two days ago. He pointed out that Russian forces in theater are heavily dependent on rail transport: and that interdiction of same is a main objective for the UA. But also, that road/rail bridges (usually a weak point) are not all that easy to put out if action. And that the Ukrainians had not, to date, had a lot of success (even with their best artillery/missiles) destroying them to the point of unusability. Looks like they’ve stepped up their game, though….

ETA: of course (because Russian), this could be an accident of some sort. Either way, choosing that strait without a boat is going to be a big problem for a while.