The undermining of the Crimean bridge is the fixation of the final turning point in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Russia lost the war, and Putin's attempts to continue aggression will lead to a revolution .
Abbas Gallyamov, a political scientist and ex-speech writer for Putin, writes about this in a column for MO:
It seems that there is already every reason to say that Russia has lost the war. Further hostilities will only worsen its strategic position - devour resources, worsen the economy, embitter the population. It is necessary to admit defeat, sign peace and begin to restore the country. Putin is incapable of all this. So it must be someone else. It is in the replacement of Putin that the interest of the system lies.. Because an unsigned peace and a protracted massacre will eventually lead to a revolution that will destroy this system.
In principle, the Russian elites have already formed an understanding that their interests are completely at odds with those of Putin . Unable to win, the president simply drags out the war, while the interests of the main part of the elites are met by its speedy end. However, the establishment has done little to nothing so far. A situation has developed in the country when everyone is waiting for the first step from each other.
The ruling class froze in anticipation of the collapse- which, however, it is not clear what it will look like - either the people will rise up and go to burn down the manors' estates, or the military will turn their bayonets against the Kremlin, or a nuclear war will happen; whether national republics will begin to secede; Or all of this combined. So far, the people, too, do not want to act themselves, instead they write with might and main in social networks: “ Well, is there really no one next to him who will finally hit him .”
Perhaps it is the undermining of the Crimean bridge that will be the impetus for action . If Putin does not find an answer to Ukraine, then this may be the reason for starting a difficult conversation: “Well, dear father, don’t you know what to do? Here we don't know. But something needs to be done. While we are sitting here and sighing, they are acting ... "
What can Putin do now? Shelling the center of Kyiv? It will not change anything. Russia shells Ukrainian cities every night, there is no news in this. Use nuclear weapons? This would be a clearly inadequate answer. Why precisely because of the bridge , and not, for example, because of the shelling of the Belgorod region? Why is the bridge more expensive? People are dying there, but here not a single person is reported to have been hurt. Passing out the explosion of the bridge for an existential threat will not work. Zelensky, in his yesterday's interview with the BBC, clearly formulated: we will not go beyond our borders, what will happen with Putin is none of our business, let the Russians deal with him themselves. The Russian president, of course, can give another lecture on the history of colonialismbut it certainly won't impress anyone. Last time, they listened to him with hard-to-disguise irritation ...
In general, how is it with Vysotsky? "No, guys, it's not like that. It's not like that guys."