Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country, Part II

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The damage is:

One side of the road bridge is collapsed.

The other side is warped. They're saying they've opened it - which means they have not had enough time to do a proper assessment. Though this is a case where try it an see what happens would have been reasonable. I don't know if it can take container lorries, let alone tank transporters.

The explosion caught a train carrying fuel, which is either carefully planned or ridiculously lucky. It burned for hours. This means that the tracks themselves are wrecked. What damage the fire did to the concrete structure is unknown. Concrete loses strength above 300C.

I've seen pictures. There was a railing on the side of the tracks that is all bent and twisted (so you can imagine what happened to the tracks with a train on top). There's also one on the bottom of the span which also looks twisted - implying the whole span was covered in burning fuel.

Assessing fire damage on this scale is normally the kind of thing that would take a team of experts months. Or running a train across it and seeing if it collapses.

Edit: Russia is claiming it can start running trains again. This evening (so no proper investigation). Of course, Russia claims a lot of things.