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SBU head: Russia no longer using Crimean bridge for weapons supplies after repeated strikes (kyivindependent.com)

submitted 5 months ago by lusterko@kbin.social to c/Ukraine_UA@kbin.social

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Russia no longer uses the Crimean bridge to supply weapons to the front after Ukrainian strikes damaged the crossing, Vasyl Maliuk, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on air on March 25.

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[–] lusterko@kbin.social 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're right that the correct name is “Kerch Strait Bridge”. People call it "Crimean bridge" because it's just easier to understand for the people outside of the region. I think that's exactly the reason Kyiv Independent is using it as the name,just like Antonov bridge was called "Kherson bridge" for some time when it was in the news.

As for political meaning behind the name, I don't think there's any. I've never seen or heard any arguments about it neither in Ukraine nor in russian.

My uneducated guess is that it's just easier to say "Crimean" than "Kerch straight" bridge. Same in Ukrainian and russian. Also easier to pronounce.

[–] tal 2 points 5 months ago

Gotcha, thanks.