Russian officials said three people had been killed, probably the occupants of a car traveling near a truck that blew up
Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and the 19-km Crimean Bridge linking it to Russia’s transport network was opened with great fanfare four years later by President Vladimir Putin.
It also took place a day after Putin’s 70th birthday, and coincided with the naming of Air Force General Sergei Surovikin, Russia’s third senior military appointment in the space of a week, to take overall charge of the invasion effort.The head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, Oleksiy Danilov, posted a video of the burning bridge on social media alongside a video of Marilyn Monroe singing “Happy birthday, Mr President.
The Transport Ministry said road traffic for light vehicles and buses had resumed in alternating directions on the intact half of the roadway. Goods vehicles were being referred to a ferry service. Cars queue for the ferry connecting Crimean peninsula and Russia at the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, Crimea.It said two spans of road bridge had partially collapsed, but that the arch spanning the channel through which ships travel between the Black Sea and Azov Sea was not damaged.
“Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything that is stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled,” Mykhailo Podolyak wrote.Article contentMoscow has presented largely Russian-speaking Crimea as a historic and cherished part of Russia and, especially this year, one where its citizens could holiday in large numbers, supposedly safe from the war.
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