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riversedge

(82,200 posts)
Thu Jun 25, 2026, 11:23 AM 20 hrs ago

New satellite imagery shows a traffic jam stretching over 10 km on the exit from occupied Crimea at the Kerch Bridge, wi


New satellite imagery shows a traffic jam stretching over 10 km on the exit from occupied Crimea at the Kerch Bridge, with an estimated 1,500 vehicles waiting to leave the peninsula.

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New satellite imagery shows a traffic jam stretching over 10 km on the exit from occupied Crimea at the Kerch Bridge, wi (Original Post) riversedge 20 hrs ago OP
Ukraine is turning Crimea into a military liability for Mosow Torchlight 19 hrs ago #1
Thank you for the contextual explanation. Maru Kitteh 19 hrs ago #3
If you can't take it by force, besiege it. paleotn 19 hrs ago #2

Torchlight

(7,236 posts)
1. Ukraine is turning Crimea into a military liability for Mosow
Thu Jun 25, 2026, 11:46 AM
19 hrs ago

by forcing Russia to rely on an ever-smaller set of vulnerable supply routes. Given the sustained operations there, I'm now leaning into 'Ukraine will attempt to logistically isolate Crimea' as one of their broader war goals. If that's the case, kinda looks like it's working.

paleotn

(23,063 posts)
2. If you can't take it by force, besiege it.
Thu Jun 25, 2026, 12:05 PM
19 hrs ago

Which is pretty much what Ukraine has done. As mentioned above by Tourchlight, the few remaining supply routes have become quite dangerous. With supply convoys limited to pretty much Russian military only, daily life in Crimea is becoming untenable.

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