In early October, detonations shook the Kerch Bridge, which connects Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula annexed by Russia, to the mainland.
Barely a month later, on Russia's national holiday "People's Unity Day", the Ukrainian Post Office issued a war stamp to commemorate the explosion.
The Guardian, among others, initially reported.
Designed by artist Yuri Shapoval, the stamp shows the bridge behind clouds of dark gray smoke.
In the foreground is the famous scene from the blockbuster »Titanic«, in which Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet stand at the bow of the ship - a reference to Russia's claim that the bridge is unsinkable.
The manager of Ukraine's state postal service wrote on Telegram that the stamp shows "the titanic efforts of our people and our armed forces".
And further: "Our bridge is strong, your bridge is as tired as your ideology."
The Kerch Bridge was opened in person by Vladimir Putin in 2018.
It was intended to symbolize Russia's eternal control over the peninsula.
At 19 kilometers, the bridge is the longest structure in Europe, the system includes a motorway and a railway line.
On October 8, there was an explosion on the bridge, which severely damaged the structure and parts of the bridge fell into the sea.
According to Russian sources, a car bomb was the cause of the fire.
Kyiv is still leaving a possible involvement in the attack open; a few days after the attack, Russia launched widespread airstrikes in Ukraine as a retaliatory measure.
The first war stamp became a cult object
The Ukrainian postal service had already issued a war stamp in April, which quickly became a cult object.
It shows a Ukrainian soldier giving the Russian warship Moskva the finger.
After the sinking of the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, there was a veritable run on postage stamps.
The motif is an allusion to a recorded radio message from the first days of the war at the end of February.
Ships of the Russian Navy, including the Moskva, had attacked the Ukrainian Snake Island at the time.
One of the ships asked the Ukrainian soldiers stationed there to lay down their arms.
According to Ukrainian sources, marine infantryman Roman Hrybow responded with the words: "Russian warship, fuck you!"
The soldier then became a folk hero.
Since then, the plausible but not yet verified slogan has been placarded nationwide and adorns T-shirts and other souvenirs.
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