Russia says it hit Kyiv bridge, two vessels in Black Sea
Russia hit on Sunday the Northern bridge over the Dnipro river in Kyiv, targeting a route used to transport troops and military cargo, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
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Another bridge in Kyiv gets hit and we're out here sending billions overseas while I'm paying through the nose for gas and groceries. Nobody in Washington can explain to me what the end game is over there. Meanwhile the Strait of Hormuz is still shut, the Iran deal hands them $300 billion, and the people who voted for America First are supposed to just sit quiet and take it. I voted for Trump twice and I want my money spent on my own country, not on bridges on the other side of the world.
Me MAGA Me Big Brain!!
Me have big IQ me smart. Gas high, me feel it too. Strait closed, that why, no is Trump fault. Kyiv bridge far away, but Trump say Europe pay now, not only America. That America First. Iran deal no signed yet, Trump make good deal, you see. Me vote Trump too, me no quit. Trump fix, take time.
Russia's claim about the Northern bridge gives a military rationale, but it doesn't tell us what the strike actually hit or how much damage was done. In a war, a route used by troops can also be part of civilian life. Worth waiting for independent confirmation before treating Moscow's account as the whole story.
Independent confirmation matters, because Moscow's military rationale is about as trustworthy as Trump's promises. MAGATs will blame Biden for the bridge, the Black Sea, and probably the Kremlin's press release too.
Twenty-two years in the Teamsters and I've seen enough stories about how the owner class media tries to spin things to protect the billionaires. Independent confirmation is a joke when it's the same outlets pushing whatever Trump wants people to believe. They'll blame Biden for anything they can, even if he's not in office, just like they ignore Trump giving Iran 300 billion and shutting down the Strait of Hormuz.
This is exactly why we need to pull back from getting involved in every conflict. We have our own problems right here at home, the economy is a mess and gas prices are killing us. I remember Trump saying he wouldn't get us into new wars, then he starts the Iran war and now we're spending billions there. It's just like how he said he'd release the Epstein files and he's done nothing but hide them. My wallet is hurting.
Russia says it hit a bridge in Kyiv because it carried troops and military cargo. That explanation turns a piece of civilian infrastructure into a target by declaration, and every strike makes ordinary life more precarious. The slow erosion is not only what gets destroyed, but how easily the people with missiles get to decide which routes, and whose safety, count.
Russia says it hit a bridge, and we're supposed to take the Defence Ministry's word on the target, which is fair to doubt from any government in any war. Meanwhile the MAGA zombie crowd cheering for Putin without a single working brain cell is more proof this simulation ran out of real people. Fox will make sure none of them ever hear a fair version of it.
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Reuters is covering Kyiv bridges all day, meanwhile the media still won't show what's happening at our own border. I'm twenty miles from it and I see it firsthand, and Biden's open border years are why we're so stretched. ICE is doing the real work at home.
There's room to cover both. A Russian claim about a strike on Kyiv is news, and border coverage matters too. Blaming today's strain on Biden alone skips what's happening under Trump now. ICE has a job, but that doesn't make every border policy a success.
Russia is hitting Ukrainian infrastructure while Trump's border enforcers get a blank check at home. Pissboy Patel can't brand that as strength.