An explosion that severely damaged parts of the road and rail bridge between annexed Crimea and the Russian mainland early Saturday seems designed to play into President Vladimir Putin's current talent for making bad decisions.
Then Lyman, which is leading to the erosion of Russia's control of Donetsk and Luhansk. And now the Kerch Bridge, which had become so vital to everything that Russia is trying to hold on to in the south.
Ukraine has had patient timing on hitting these pressure points. They have not struck until they have seen a moment of weakness -- until the Russians are experiencing serious issues already -- ensuring that the damage inflicted lasts while time-consuming repairs are underway. .Putin now faces a series of expedited and painful decisions, all of which will severely belie his continued poker-face of pride and bombast towards the gathering signs of slow defeat.
There is a sizeable risk of this. The Kerch bridge can be hit again. The railway link across Melitopol is now a target of outsized value. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said just last week that an offensive from Zaporizhzhia towards Melitopol was a possibility. The mere possibility that Russia's last untouched railway path into the south could be disrupted raises existential issues for its occupation.
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