Kerch bridge

A large fire on the only crossing between the occupied Crimean peninsula and Russia was caused by a lorry explosion, Russian officials say.

The bridge is particularly hated by Ukrainians. The crossing is more than 100 miles from Ukrainian-held territory. "Two notorious symbols of Russian power in Ukrainian Crimea have gone down," it tweeted. He added the damage to the bridge would be "promptly restored, since it is not of a serious nature". It is hard to exaggerate the significance, and symbolism, of seeing the bridge on fire. The official Twitter account of the Ukraine government responded to the fire by tweeting: "Sick burn."

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 ...

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,"