[torsday]

I don't think anyone expects much of Putin other than acts of a tyrant, but it should be pointed out that one was a military target and the other feeds the poor.

[mydriasis]

I'm not disputing that, but you can't blow up someone's bridges and expect them to want to play nice. It's not realistic.

[droptablemain]

"Military target" is a curious phrase given that this seems to be civilian infrastructure (of course it's probably important for the military as well). Pre-war, looks like the bridge saw around 15k in daily traffic. https://www.zr.ru/content/news/920305-8-millionov-avtomobili...

So the real question is, why is Ukraine attacking civilian infrastructure? Is that not terrorism? And an even better question is, why is the West helping them do this?

[_kbh_]

> "Military target" is a curious phrase given that this seems to be civilian infrastructure (of course it's probably important for the military as well). Pre-war, looks like the bridge saw around 15k in daily traffic. https://www.zr.ru/content/news/920305-8-millionov-avtomobili...

It’s a valid military target because Russia uses it to resupply its military in Crimea.

If Russia doesn’t want people targeting their bridges as military targets perhaps the military shouldn’t use them.

> So the real question is, why is Ukraine attacking civilian infrastructure?

Because it’s a military target being used by the Russian military to resupply Crimea and also the forces in the land corridor nearby.

> Is that not terrorism?.

Nope

> And an even better question is, why is the West helping them do this?

Because kicking Russia out of Crimea is something that needs to happen.

[lisasays]

The bridge is clearly military infrastructure (and bringing it down will have significant military impact). Just not exclusively so.

Why is the West helping them do this?

To bring an end to this insanity. As soon as humanely possible.