Kerch bridge

Vladimir Putin opened road section in 2018 and Moscow had threatened reprisals if it was attacked.

Some Russian naval forces appear also to have been discreetly redeployed as the war has inched ever closer. I hope he understands what the retaliatory target will be.” But the implied rebuff of the apparent attack is more significant than simply symbolic. An attack on the naval airbase at Saky in August, led Russian tourists to flee Crimea’s beaches en masse, jamming the bridge with miles-long tailbacks. And finally, thanks to your work and your talent, the miracle has happened.” “In different historical epochs, even under the tsar priests, people dreamed of building this bridge.

KYIV, Ukraine — A giant explosion ripped across the Crimea Bridge, a strategic link between mainland Russia and Crimea, in what appeared to be a stunning ...

"Today … on the road traffic side of the Crimean bridge … a car bomb exploded, setting fire to seven oil tankers being carried by rail to Crimea," Russia's ...

The causes of the incident are being established," the message says. "At 06.05, the equipment showed false employment on the railway tracks at the railway part of the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait. The locomotive with part of the cars was taken to the Kerch station. " A fuel tank caught fire at the tail of the freight train. on the road traffic side of the Crimean bridge …

Russian authorities reported on Saturday that a large blaze erupted on the only bridge linking mainland Russia to the occupied Crimean Peninsula.

Work to extinguish the blaze is underway," Oleg Kryuchko, an aide to the Russian occupation head of Crimea said via Telegram, according to TASS news agency. "Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. "According to preliminary information, a fuel storage tank is on fire ... It was built on his orders shortly after the Kremlin annexed Crimea in 2014 to support Moscow's claims to the territory. local time before the road partially collapsed. It is too early to speak about causes and consequences.

"The guided missile cruiser Moskva and the Kerch bridge - two notorious symbols of Russian power in Ukrainian Crimea - have gone down," tweeted Ukraine's ...

The road and railway bridges are vital links in Russia's supply chain. But the attacks on the Saky base and the bridge are all part of the same wider effort: to undermine Russia's ability to use Crimea as a launch pad for its war in southern Ukraine. Ukrainian officials are giving little away, happy to apply the same level of ambiguity that followed a mysterious attack on the Russian airbase in Crimea in August. Any number of theories are doing the rounds - from a Ukrainian special forces operation to the work of partisans in Crimea, a missile strike, or even a suicide bomb. Coming on the back of weeks of mostly good news from the battlefront, where Ukrainian forces continue to take back territory seized by Russia back in February and March, the sight of the crippled, burning bridge is a massive additional boost to morale. "The guided missile cruiser Moskva and the Kerch bridge - two notorious symbols of Russian power in Ukrainian Crimea - have gone down,"

A blast on the strategic road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimea peninsula brought down sections of road taking traffic in one direction, ...

In a video message Aksyonov, the Crimea governor, said he wanted to "assure Crimeans that the Republic of Crimea is fully provided with fuel and food. The Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee said a freight truck had blown up on the bridge's roadway at 6:07 a.m. "We are not cut off from the mainland!" Since the start of the invasion on Feb. The images could not immediately be verified. Don't panic."

Russia condemned remarks by Ukrainian officials on Saturday's explosion on the strategic bridge in Crimea, saying they testified to Kyiv's "terrorist nature ...

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The bridge has been a longtime symbol of Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim to the Crimean Peninsula.

[CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/08/europe/crimea-bridge-explosion-intl-hnk/index.html). - The Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitri S. - "Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/08/europe/crimea-bridge-explosion-intl-hnk/index.html) reports. Images show the entire bridge encapsulated by a large fireball. - As a response to the explosion, Putin signed an order heightening security on the bridge late Saturday, the AP reports. [Zelensky: Ukrainian forces recaptured 200 square miles in a week](/2022/10/07/zelensky-ukraine-military-russia-invasion) [New York Times.](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/08/world/russia-ukraine-war-news) [Kerch Strait Bridge](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/08/kerch-bridge-damage-ukraine-russia) that links Crimea to Russia surfaced online Saturday. [Zelensky: Ukrainian forces recaptured 200 square miles in a week](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/07/zelensky-ukraine-military-russia-invasion) [Zelensky pledges fair treatment for Ukrainians in reclaimed territory](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/04/ukraine-advance-zelensky-ukrainians-reclaimed-land-vow) [Biden: Putin could escalate "prospect of Armageddon" with nuclear weapons](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/07/biden-putin-russia-ukraine-armageddon) [Kherson region](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/07/zelensky-ukraine-military-russia-invasion), which is in the south. [NBC News.](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-explosion-kherson-bridge-crimea-putin-birthday-rcna51324)

Damage to the Crimea bridge is a major humiliation for the Russian leader. CRIMEA-RUSSIA-POLITICS-BRIDGE. Russian ...

He said that Ukraine “must be immersed in dark times,” and urged Russia to destroy bridges, dams, railways, thermal power plants and other infrastructure facilities in Ukraine. It is also a serious humiliation for Putin personally, having happened on the morning after his 70th birthday. According to international law, such deliberate destruction would be a war crime. and its Ukrainian proxy regime will move the red line further and further.” Even further,” Kyiv hasn’t claimed responsibility for the bridge explosion.