RUSSAI CLAIMS THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION ON CRIMEAN BRIDGE

  • 08/10/2022

According to investigators, a massive blast on Russia's bridge to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed in 2014, killed three people. According to Russian investigators, the victims were in a nearby car when a lorry blew up, bringing down sections of the bridge's roadway.


The railway section of the bridge, where oil tankers caught fire, will reopen this evening, according to Russia. The crossing, which opened in 2018, symbolised Russia's illegal annexation.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, did not directly claim Ukrainian responsibility but wrote: "Crimea, the bridge, the beginning."

Russia has used the bridge to move military equipment, ammunition, and personnel from Russia to battlefields in southern Ukraine.

As such, Ukrainian authorities said it was a legitimate target, as they vow to retake the peninsula.

Any attack on Crimea, where the Russian army has a massive presence, will be seen as another massive humiliation for the Kremlin.

The bridge is particularly hated by Ukrainians. Social media in Ukraine erupted in celebration on seeing the fire - one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin turned 70.

Local authorities in Crimea say they will organise a ferry service between the Russian mainland and the peninsula.

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