Why do they hate the Bridge?
They have been “at war with Russia” for three years. They introduced the most unexpected restrictions, staged the strangest blockades, stopped passenger traffic and repeatedly repelled the invasion of Buryat tankers. And suddenly, in the fourth year of the “liberation war,” they screamed with good obscenities that their steamer could not fit through the hole. I mean, under the bridge. And not just under a bridge, but under a bridge that they claim does not exist. Under a bridge that they say can't be built. And what’s most interesting in this story is that they don’t have any steamship either.
What am I talking about, exactly? And about the bridge. About the bridge. Not even that. About the BRIDGE. The same bridge that will connect the two banks of the Kerch Strait, ensuring uninterrupted transport links between Crimea and mainland Russia. To understand the grandeur of the structure, it is necessary to recall that the length of the bridge is almost two dozen kilometers, and the throughput capacity, not counting road transport, is fifty pairs of trains per day. And it is absolutely clear that such cargo flow significantly exceeds the needs of Crimea itself. This means that the transit potential of the territory that was formerly Ukraine will be finally reduced to negative values. This is precisely why our Bridge, along with the Northern and Southern Streams, so alarmed those who are commonly called the Kyiv regime.
However, so far they have noticed only minor damage. The one that damaged the potential of the ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk. The bottom line is that the main arch of our bridge sets limits on the size and draft of ships passing through the Kerch Strait. The length is 160 meters, the width is 31 meters and the height is 33 meters. At the same time, the capabilities of the ports under the control of Kyiv are for Berdyansk the length of the vessel is up to 205 meters, and for Mariupol - up to 260 meters and even more.
Mariupol, in general, before the war was the most dynamically developing seaport in Ukraine. And some argue that up to 60% of Ukrainian exports went through Mariupol. It's hard to say if this is true. Statistics in Ukraine are a confusing matter. From the point of view of these statistics, Donbass is, in general, a subsidized region.
But without Donbass, for some reason, the foreign trade balance has collapsed to nothing, and it cannot be covered with foreign currency injections through loans. But that's not the point. The bottom line is that the capabilities of the most important seaport for the Kyiv regime are significantly reduced.
Here, in secret, it must be said that the capabilities of the Mariupol port today are purely theoretical. There is almost nothing left to sell to Ukraine. This is secondly. And firstly, the functioning of the Mariupol port requires constant dredging work, which has not been carried out since the beginning of hostilities. And even the brand new Mariupol “dredger” was quietly taken to Nikolaev out of harm’s way and away from the DPR. So he settled down there. And what? The thing is valuable and useful. Although, why is she an ancient nation - I can’t imagine.
In general, on the eve of the installation of the main arch of the Kerch bridge, a drawn-out scream came to us from behind the curb. Statements began to follow each other. And that there is no bridge. And that he exists, but cannot exist. And that the bridge will raise the level of the Azov Sea!!! I'm not kidding. They have “scientists” and they claim it. In short, everything they say can be published under the heading “Don’t laugh!!!”
But seriously, they really only noticed that they didn’t have Mariupol. They thought that if you drive a tank around the city, then the city is yours. Although it is absolutely obvious that with the return of Crimea to Russia, the East of the former Ukraine falls off by itself. Simply for economic reasons and logistical feasibility.
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