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As Putin turns 70 on Friday, He have 9years to 2031  to bye-bye, (9-years) to Russian President Vladimir Putin to finds himself in the eye of a storm of his own making: with 70,000+ soldier with him.

His army is suffering humiliating defeats in Ukraine



Here are some of the reasons why the Kerch Bridge explosion is significant in the wider war.

The Kerch Bridge affect Putin personally, "This will likely touch President Putin closely; it came hours after his 70th birthday, he personally sponsored and opened the bridge, and its construction contractor was his childhood friend,” the update cautioned.

The bridge is viewed as the Russian leader’s major, concrete manifestation of his stated claims to retake Ukraine.

Putin celebrated the opening of the nearly $4 billion bridge in 2018 by driving a dump truck across the span as international powers condemned its construction as violation of international law and rejected Russia’s claims to Crimea.

Russian logistics ‘crippled’ The explosion also dealt a blow to Russia’s war effort, cutting off a crucial avenue for Russian troops and supplies.

The incident halted train and automobile traffic and has reduced the transit potential of the 12-mile bridge, which bypasses the Kerch Strait.

The bridge is Russia’s most important link to neighboring Ukraine, as the entryways through other recently annexed areas are less established and more difficult to access.

Timothy Snyder, Yale historian of Russia and Ukraine, tweeted on Saturday that the bridge explosion “cripples Russian logistics and dissolves the major symbol of Putin’s power.”

A bridge engineer told The Wall Street Journal that it would take several months to restore damaged sections of the bridge.

While Kyiv hasn’t claimed responsibility for the explosion, some Ukrainian officials celebrated the incident. The official Twitter account for Ukraine’s government posted Saturday night, sharing just the English phrase “sick burn.”

While many Russians view the Kerch Bridge as a symbol of Moscow’s influence in the area, many Ukrainians see the bridge as representative of Russian occupation.

“The guided missile cruiser Moskva and Kerch Bridge – two notorious symbols of russian power in Ukrainian Crimea – have gone down. What’s next in line, russkies Putin?” Ukraine’s Defense Ministry tweeted Saturday, referencing the bridge collapse and damage earlier this year to an important Russian warship.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to the explosion in his address Saturday night, saying the future for Ukraine is “sunny. “This is a future without occupiers. Throughout our territory, in particular in the Crimea,” he said.

Heightens nuclear fears. Putin has also put the international community on high alert with his recent rhetoric about nuclear weapons.

“He’s a cornered … animal and I think he’s [become] more and more dangerous,” Mullen said. “I think we have to take him seriously and think through what the requirements would be to respond to that. It also speaks to the need to get to the table.”

Shortly after 8am local time on Monday (0500 GMT), Putin missiles hit upscale neighbourhood, less than a minute and 300m apart. In the streets by the park, apartment block windows have been blown out and glass shards litter the ground.

The blasts were so powerful that they ripped the door of a bar restaurant, before employees began sweeping up the debris. first blast hit a crossroads, close to a white, three-story administrative building.

A missile dug a crater in the road, raising up the asphalt. Several cars parked there were now only twisted and blackened wrecks.

THEY'RE KILLING CIVILIANS". killing by Putin moob.

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