Re:Crimean bridge: Explosion is 'the beginning', says Zelens...
by inglor_cz on Saturday October 08, 2022 @07:20AM
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The ferry system was heavily reduced after the bridge was put into operation. It can be revived, but not overnight. Ships, including ferries, are a valuable asset; if they don't make money on a route A <--> B anymore, you will sell them to work elsewhere, possibly thousands of kilometres away. Getting them back in case of need is not easy.
Civilian ferries are no match for military logistics anyway. Transporting some people, food and cars via a standard ferry is fine, even though you can expect bottlenecks and long waiting lines. Transporting 500 tanks is a whole different thing altogether.
Re:Crimean bridge: Explosion is 'the beginning', says Zelens...
by cableshaft on Saturday October 08, 2022 @07:29AM
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Yeah I wasn't expecting tanks to be ferried much if at all, more the food/medicine/water the parent poster mentioned specifically.
The article I read only mentioned that there would be ferries as a result of the attack, didn't go into the history of them or anything. I'll take your word on it not being that easy to revive.
They're fighting a war. Cutting off supply lines is how wars are fought and won. Russia has done the same or worse to Ukrainians during this stupid fucking war (see the thousands of civilians cut off from supplies and starved to death in the siege of Mariupol).
You said it yourself, Russia could choose to leave at any time, and they're choosing to continue (and escalate) the war. Ukrainians have a right to defend themselves and weaken their invaders however much they can.