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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Russia says repairs were not be finished until July 2023.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/crimea-bridge-repairs-be-finished-by-july-2023-russian-government-document-2022-10-14/[/quote]

But it doesn't say which repairs.

I also think it's fake information (propaganda) so the Ukrainians won't attempt to take it down before winter sets in.  Do I have proof?  No, but it's what I would do if I was in their shoes.  It would be a way to catch Ukraine by surprise (by shipping in a few hundred of the newly troops overnight).  Russia is still trying to reach their conscription quotas, no matter what is said in the news.

"In the Russian city of Ufa, a co-pilot, who was subject to conscription, was taken directly from the plane to the military enlistment office"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pilot-gets-conscription-notice-flight-153251876.html

"At one of the hostels, all guests eligible for military conscription were rounded up and sent to an enlistment center where men with prior military experience had their passports confiscated and were ordered to report back with their belongings the next day"
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/10/13/russian-authorities-resort-to-raiding-hotels-to-catch-draft-dodgers-a79076

Does that mean those troops would be combat effective?

“We’ve spent an absurd amount of money just to feed ourselves, not to mention on ammunition.”
"The Insider reported earlier that the soldiers’ wives were forced to spend as much as $2,500 on equipping their husbands. A website set up to answer questions on mobilization states that requiring soldiers to buy their own equipment is illegal. The same website encourages soldiers to bring their own night vision goggles and drones to the battlefield."
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/10/06/mobilized-russian-soldiers-protest-over-animal-conditions-a78995

There still is ammunition coming in from the land routes for sure.  The question is how fast they can replenish the stockpiles?

"Among the discovered [things], there were more than 500 artillery shells and ammunition for the Grad and Uragan multiple-launch rocket systems, as well as more than a 100 anti-tank guided missiles and anti-tank mines. The occupiers abandoned their arsenal during the retreat from the rapid counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops on the Kherson front".
https://www.yahoo.com/news/warehouse-hundreds-ammunition-rounds-found-133110718.html[/quote]

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