On the Crimean bridge, which connects Russia with the occupied Ukrainian peninsula, two spans of the roadway collapsed. Traffic on the bridge was blocked, and Putin instructed to create a government commission in connection with the emergency.
This was reported by the Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov and the occupying "head" of Crimea Sergey Aksenov.
The Russian anti-terrorist committee also noted that a truck was detonated on the Crimean Bridge. This caused the explosion of seven fuel tanks of the train. The occupiers are preparing to launch a ferry across the strait.
The fire has been going on for several hours, which is why the Russians cannot determine the scale of the destruction.
- The bridge across the Kerch Strait was opened in May 2018, and a year later Russia launched a railway connection with it. From the beginning of the full-scale invasion in Ukraine, the Ukrainians began to discuss the idea of destroying this bridge, because it is through it that Russia transfers reinforcements to its army.