Kyiv's task is to wash away the shame of the summit. And our command did not solve the problem of protecting the bridge
Yuriy Podolyaka, journalist:
The terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge is connected with the failure of the NATO summit, which even the Ukrainian media wrote about. Zelensky in Vilnius was omitted by everyone and sundry: “You don’t have to demand anything – you have to follow orders.”
Western politicians counted on the success of the counteroffensive, which Kyiv failed. Zelensky needed to be rehabilitated by changing the agenda. In the morning, all Ukrainian publics are delighted with the “victory”, although nothing has changed from a military point of view. The bridge is mainly used as a civilian facility, and the overland luxury highway is more convenient for the military.
The West has not officially supplied surface drones, but Ukraine itself does not produce them. Does this mean that Western intelligence services were directly involved in the attack?
The participation of the West is still indirect, through supplies . And to direct the drone to the target, you need a person on the shore. It could be an agent of the SBU or GUR.
Practice shows that these drones are launched from a civilian vessel sailing nearby. The secret services may well recruit the captain , and it is not difficult to lower a couple of drones from the board.
It turns out that any civilian ship can pose a threat? How can we resist this?
No way: according to international law, a ship that does not enter, for example, Istanbul, is not inspected. Passes through the strait and through the Black Sea without inspection to any port. We cannot prevent a terrorist attack directly, through prevention.
It is a pity that our command did not solve the problem of protecting the bridge. Boom barriers are a very inexpensive structure. It could have been done in nine months. Hope the problem is solved now.