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Zatoka Bridge, or Pidyomnyy Mist, is a strategic bridge over the Dnieper Estuary linking Odesa. Satellite photos showthe bridge standing despite repeated Russian missile strikes--however, photos of the bridge show significant damage. A little video about a new satellite photo that has been shared online. This one showing Zatoka Bridge. Now, this photo was taken by Planet, shared on Twitter. It shows the Zatoka Bridge which has long been a target for Russian missile strikes. The bridge is located here, just south of Odesa and is a key strategic target. Destroying it cuts off a vital supply route for Odesa, forcing supplies to divert around the Dneiper estuary. This route however runs for 7.5 kilometers over Transnistrian territory in Moldova—a pro-russian sepearatist region. Furthermore destroying the beidge further isolates the areas of Ukraine separated by the Dnieper estuary. And, there’s more—the railway crossing was a route fully under Ukrainian control. Not only does it link with western Odessa, but it is a key route for exports to countries such as Romania and Bulgaria and imports from Romania and Bulgaria. This route is even more so important because of the blockade of Ukrainian ports. It is one of the few available foutes for export of grain via land. These photos here show some of the damage after a missile strike. And the next video shows a Kalibr strike on the bridge from June 3rd Now, back to the satellite photo. The overall structure is still standing. Though damaged, especially in the southern portion. However, this photo here shows the damage inflicted on it—the photo was shared on June 3. Now, I’m not an engineering expert—at all—so I don’t know if this sort of damage is a quick fix, or if it’s a months long project. So, just a short video here—I thought it was quite interesting to see the recent satellite photo of the bridge. While away from the frontline—the ongoing attempts to target the bridge is a key theater of conflict in the war. So it is worth keeping an eye on—to see whether Russia keeps targeting it and eventually fully destroys it, or if Ukraine manages to repair it and get it up and running again.

Edited the video as the artillery was likely grad, not SPG or towed howitzers. So I have edited the maps to reflect this firing point.

Fire at Military Depot in Klintsy district, Bryansk, Russia. A little update from Russia. So, there has been mention on twitter and reddit of fire at a military depot in Bryansk, Russia. These have later been confirmed as being in the Klintsy district. Now, if we take a look at this map, it isn’t far from Ukraine—well within striking distance for drones or even the Tochka-U. Now, the depot has been said to be where military vehicles are brought to be repaired. This video playing now is closer, showing the vehicles in the depot. Now, note that there are two seperate fires—rather than just one. The vehicles are also closely packed together and there’s little protection for them. They’re out in the open, surrounded by a small fence, rather than kept spread apart or in a compound. Browsing Google Maps, I found thid military base here. Located south of Klintsy, which has three depots or vehicle parks. Given the size of the depot on the videos, I think we can rule out the third one as it looks two big. Anyway, that’s about all the info available. There is no word what caused this yet. But it’s worht keeping an eye on.

A little video here about a SAM interception made over Sevastopol harbor. Video of the contrail of the missile and photos emerged on social media. So, the SAM was fired from a Russian warship moored at its anchorage at Sevastopol harbor. The target was likely a drone of some description---though Ukrainian aircraft can feasibly hit Sevastopol, it seems very foolhardy to send say, a SU-25 on attack mission on a well defended harbor for little gain. The Tochka-U missile lacks the range to hit Sevastopol. The Neptune, feasibly can hit near Sevastopol, but to me it would be a waste of a valuable resource to try, given the liklihood of a much needed missile being shot down. So, it was more than likely a drone. So, a ship would have been moored but on standby and high alert. Allowing for a quick response to identify the target, get authoritisation from the operator to fire and then intercept. Now, I don’t have info on what ships are currently moored in Sevastopol. But it could be the Ladnyy, Pytlivvy, Admiral Essen or Aadmieral Makarov. All are frigates with anti-air capabilities. So, what would the drone be doing this far out? It could have been just a bog standard surveillance flight, monitoring the Russian fleet or finding their firing positions. It could have been a probe of the Russian defences—fly a recon drone over and see Russia’s reaction time or where the SAM launches are from or if they are capable of hitting drones and the like. Of course, it’s also possible it might not have been Ukrainian at all. It could easily have been a civilian drone which went too close to the base, or even a misidentified russian aircraft. I doubt we will ever know. But, I thought it was interesting to see that 1 – sevastopol is protected by active SAMs. 2 - The frigates, even when moored, look to be still on high alert. 3 – The sams are capable of hitting targets.

A little video here looking at a few satellite photos that were posted today. These were taken in the Donbas region, near Seveerodonetsk. They don’t show too much, but give an idea of Russia’s firing locations and deployment. The photos were shared by Maxar Technologies and were taken on the 6th June. So, the first image here shows a pair of MLRS units. Maxar provided coordinates too, which lets us see the location of the units on Google Maps. So, they are located north of Severodonetsk. And approximately 10.78 kilometers north of the Mir Hotel in Severodonetsk. The next image shows towed guns—again aimed at severodonetsk. There are three shown, surrounded by sandbags as protection for the crew from coutnerfire. Also present, and now circled—a supply truck. Hidden in a cluster of trees, but still visible for satellites. These artillery pieces are 8.66km north of Severodonetsk northern edge. But, their orientation appears to be aiming at the western side of the city. As shown here. Finally, this image shows the impact of shelling at Dolyna. There are manyc raters from past barrages, and plumes of smoke from current and more recent impacts. To the north, is this little structure here with a cell or radio tower. The building is damaged, but the tower remains. On the road, in this image—there appears to be a truck or other vehicle. I can’t see any other vehicles or military emplacements in the area. The coordinates given show that Dolyna is on the main road between Russian occupied Izyum and Ukrainian held Slovyansk—a key target for Russia. Another image—this shows artillery fire along the Seversky Donets River. At a town called Bohorodychne. The bridge crossing the river is down. This town is not far from Dolyna. This image shows fields absolutely riddled with artillery craters. No military vehicles present from what I cans ee—destroyed or otherwise. There is no incoming fire either shown. It could be that anything hit has already been carted away. The coordinates give its position here—west of Dolyna. Finally, we have this image of a massive 40-meter crater in Dovhenke. This could be the result of this explosion from May 11 at an ammonium nitrate warehouse. So, that’s it for the satellite images. Some quite interesting things shown. Nothing too ground breaking, but still worth a look. If you could like the video and subscribe, I would appreciate it.