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A lot of talk about what may have happened to the Kerch Bridge, or some part of the Kerch Bridge. It has been pointed out that Russia and Crimea are quite close together and there are ferryboats, including a roll-on-roll-off boat. It has also been suggested that the rail bridge is still intact. So it might have mostly symbolic value for Ukraine.
Agreed, especially given that the previous time the bridge was struck, most of the logistical bandwidth was quickly taken over by Russian airlifts and ferries. What’s really interesting here though is not the bridge being struck so much as whatever was used to strike it. If it’s something that’s repeatable, that has a lot of implications for how far Ukraine can reliably reach out and touch. And the propaganda value shouldn’t be undersold either.