00:00Russian attacks on the southern bridge in Kyiv, which links the right and left banks.
00:04from the capital, they indicate a violation of the agreements regarding the Crimean Bridge, according to
00:09political scientist Vadim Denisenko wrote on Facebook.
00:12Several red lines have recently emerged in the war between Ukraine and Russia.
00:16One of them is bridges.
00:18We did not attack the Crimean bridge, and the Russians do not attack bridges over the
00:22Dnieper.
00:23Today this agreement has been broken, he wrote.
00:26He believes this attack changes all the rules of the game.
00:29Denisenko does not rule out that Russia's maneuver is due to a window of opportunity.
00:33for at least two months, while Ukraine lacks defense against Shaed missiles, the Russians
00:38they decided to test whether they could damage the bridge enough to render it unusable.
00:43He argues that targeted attacks against a single point could, in theory, be effective.
00:48And that's why the Russians launched the experiment.
00:51Putin understands that Ukraine will try to attack the Crimean bridge.
00:54But, and this is crucial, at this stage of the war the Crimean bridge has lost
01:00the political scientist emphasized the sacred symbolic character it had at the beginning of the conflict.
01:04According to him, Putin believes that Ukraine is currently held hostage by the president's pressure.
01:09from the US, Donald Trump, to not attack the oil refineries and that, therefore,
01:14They will not dare to respond asymmetrically, increasing the scale of attacks against them.
01:19We have no other option. We must raise the stakes in negotiations with the US and demand
01:24influence over Russia, Denisenko emphasized. He also noted that on the day of the attack against
01:29The bridge was not chosen at random, but Defenders' Day was deliberately selected.
01:34According to reports, the mayor of Kyiv, Vitaly Klitschko, announced that two Russian drones crashed.
01:41near the support structure of the southern bridge. The subway and public transportation of
01:46The surface of the bridge has been suspended. Experts are inspecting the bridge's condition.
01:52Following the attacks, media reports indicate that a Russian drone struck the Pivdenny Bridge in Kyiv.
01:59Just as a subway train was crossing the open section of track, the passengers heard
02:04There was a powerful explosion and they saw a flash. Immediately afterward, smoke appeared in the
02:10train car and ash came out through the ventilation system.
