Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, ironically and condescendingly, indirectly praised the bombing of a bridge connecting Russia to Crimea, even though his country did not officially claim the operation.
“It was a good and mostly sunny day in Ukraine,” Zelenskiy said in his speech late Saturday, adding: “The temperature was around 20 degrees Celsius and sunny, but unfortunately it was cloudy in Crimea, although it was still warm.”
“Whatever the clouds are, Ukrainians know what to do and know that our future is sunny, a future without invaders in all our lands, especially in Crimea,” he said.
Still, the words will no doubt resonate in the Kremlin, especially since, according to some observers, hitting the landmark bridge was a painful blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelensky’s comments came after a number of Ukrainian officials also made sarcastic comments on social networking sites in the past hours.
It should be noted that the truck explosion that happened yesterday morning caused serious damage to this bridge that crosses the Kerch Strait, which also includes the road and the train tracks, a prominent symbol of the annexation of the peninsula to Moscow.
It is also an important supply route for Russian forces, who control most of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, as well as the coastal city of Sevastopol.
While Russian investigators said three people had died, they were believed to have been inside a car that exploded near the truck.
But despite the damage to the bridge, limited vehicular traffic resumed about ten hours after the explosion, and the Department of Transportation allowed rail traffic to resume shortly thereafter.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, and four years later Putin inaugurated the 19-kilometer bridge connecting the peninsula to Russia’s transportation network in a grand celebration.
Moscow portrays Russian-speaking Crimea as a beloved, historic part of Russia, and has been particularly focused on promoting that image this year, with residents enjoying the prospect of vacationing in large numbers and in theoretical safety. . Away from war and war!
Source: Lebanon Debate
