Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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An absolutely classic story of a #Ukraine collaborationist who betrayed his country for #Russia hoping for wealth and prestige, but ended up dead.

In 2014 Konstantin Ermanov was the first to raise Russian flag in #Kerch in #Ukraine #Crimea and welcomed its annexation.

In appreciation of his betrayal, Russian authorities nominated him as member of the Kerch city council, where he discovered extreme levels of corruption introduced by Sergey Aksenov and, stupidly, started to criticise it.

As Denis Kazansky wrote, “suddenly it became clear that criticising the authorities was only possible under Ukraine but Russia will not tolerate such behaviour”.

So in 2022 Russian police staged their classic show “capturing a totally random driver with a pack of marijuana” and he was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He then volunteered to join the army in hope for a pardon, but he instead he promptly died in one of the “meat attacks”.

1/ A thread about the Kerch Bridge, because there is a lot of nonsense circulating. What we know about the explosion(s), damage & consequences—and what we don't know. An assessment for anyone who wants to understand more precisely what happened there. #Ukraine #Kerch #Myths

#SBU delivered a large under-water detonation in the foundation pillars of the #Kerch Bridge build illegally by

North of #Sumy, occupied Andriivka and Vodolahy, and advanced near Yablunivka and Diliyivka

will increase the supply of #drones to #Ukraine 10x this year, up to 100,000 units

is producing 170 Shahed drones per day

Rutte: is producing ammunition 4x faster than all of #NATO combined

First produced long-range weapon systems to be operational in "a few weeks"

1/ Ein Thread zur #Kerchbrücke, weil jede Menge Unsinn kursiert. Was wir über die Explosion(en), Schäden und Folgen wissen - und was nicht. Eine Einschätzung für alle, die genauer verstehen wollen, was dort passiert ist. #Ukraine #Kerch #Bridge #Myths

Security Service of #Ukraine reports a new attack on the #Kerch bridge!

The operation lasted several months. Security Service agents mined the supports of the bridge and activated the first explosive device today at 4:44 am.

The underwater supports of the bridge were severely damaged at the bottom level - 1100 kg of explosives in TNT equivalent were used.

@vladvexler.bsky.social

Kremlin tactics in the aftermath of Spiderweb attack

https://youtu.be/sJg7l4vDlnE?feature=shared

6/4/2025

Intrepid Ukrainians also attacked the Kerch bridge. The Russians do not know where to defend.
#kerch #crimea #ukraine #russia

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/03/explosion-reported-at-russias-kerch-bridge-updates/

#slavaukraini
salute to all #nafo

#Kerch Bridge on fire, your defence is terrified

“#Ukraine's #SBU claims it has damaged the foundations of the #KerchBridge using more than a metric ton of explosives in an underwater operation planned months in advance.”

https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-claims-explosive-attack-on-russias-bridge-to-crimea/live-72776301

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Vow5ktCfI

Il ponte di #Kerch, determinante per i collegamenti con la #Crimea occupata dalla #Russia, viene danneggiato da un'esplosione che demolisce alcune strutture sotto il livello del mare. Secondo Kiev, il ponte è gravemente danneggiato e la sua funzionalità compromessa.
#Ucraina
https://www.adnkronos.com/internazionale/esteri/ucraina-attacco-al-ponte-di-kerch-in-crimea-video_3NIGucMMKn1HfkN0S4jAQV

Das Video dazu sieht recht unspektakulär aus (https://united24media.com/), schwer zu sagen, wie kaputt die Brücke ist. Bilde mir aber ein, daß das Betonfundament um einige cm abgesackt ist, was sehr schlecht für die Brücke wäre.

Slava SBU!
#Ukraine #Kerch #Kerch_Bridge

#Kerch Bridge round three!

The SBU conducted a new unique special operation and struck the Crimean Bridge for the third time — this time underwater.

https://t.me/SBUkr/14960

Russia is building its largest ship, the Ivan Rogov, for 15 helicopters in #Kerch, the pace has accelerated slightly.

It should carry up to 15 helicopters, and should be the most powerful ship for the Russians in the Black Sea.

https://defence-ua.com/army_and_war/rf_v_kerchi_buduje_svij_najbilshij_korabel_ivan_rogov_na_15_vertolotiv_temp_trohi_priskorivsja-18443.html