Why Russia’s October 10 attacks on Kyiv were not about the Crimean Bridge

Some say Russia’s mass strikes across Ukraine on Oct. 10 were Russian President Vladimir Putin’s revenge for an explosion at the Crimean Bridge on Oct. 8. The Kyiv Independent’s Iryna Matviyishyn explains why this isn’t the case.

She explains why Russia took on this event to create more fear and to inflict more casualties, trying to demotivate the Ukrainians. But by those criminal terrorist-like actions the Ukrainians are going to hate Russians even more and afterwards it shall be very hard to restart good relationships.

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Preceding

1. Russian take-over of Crimea
2. Swallowing up Crimea, who is next
3. The one who claimed he was not planning an invasion in Ukraine
4. The mainstay of Ukrainian statehood
5. What are Russia’s four key demands it wants Ukraine to follow?
6. Russian army wants to make Ukraine the Syria from Europe
7. Bloomberg’s view on Ukraine at the beginning of June 2022
8. On Quora: Is it true that Ukraine is overrun with Neo-Nazis?
9. Pseudo-referendum, Kerch bridge in Crimea and Ukraine claiming to retrieve what it owns
10. Ten Reasons Why Ukraine Hasn’t Destroyed the Crimean Bridge

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Additional reading

1. Signs of the times – “A new deal with Russia?”
2. Signs of the times – “Ukraine under pressure”
3. Prepare for Russian invasion of Ukraine, US warns European allies
4. Putin’s ‘staged atrocity’ plan to justify Russian invasion of Ukraine
5. Watch Crisis in Crimea & Ukraine – talk from 2014!
6. When Crimean people made their choice
7. Crimea votes overwhelmingly to join Russia
8. Putin plays dangerous poker game
9. Will Ukraine Escape Russian Domination?
10. Despicable actions that endanger entire regions and historical monuments in addition to citizens
11. Risk of accidental war with Russia highest in decades, general warns
12. Russia announces troop withdrawals from Crimea in response to the Ukraine crisis
13. Pushing Russia

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