Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled the Kerch bridge in 2018, after Crimea was annexed from Ukraine in 2014, bringing sanctions and a deterioration in ties with the West.
abc.net.au/news/fuel-tank-ablaze-at-bridge-in-crimea-russian-news-agency-says/101515576An explosion has been reported on the sole road and rail link between Russia and Crimea, with video showing a fuel tanker burning and part of the Kerch Bridge collapsing into the sea.Traffic was suspended on the road-and-rail bridge, which opened in 2018 and links Crimea to Russia's transport network.
"A fuel tank is on fire on one of the sections of the Crimean bridge," Russia's RIA state news agency said, citing a regional official, but without stating the cause.Ukrainian media said the blast on the bridge happened at about 6am local time.Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled the bridge in 2018, after Crimea was annexed from Ukraine in 2014, bringing sanctions and a deterioration in ties with the West.
The bridge has a length of 19 kilometres, making it the longest bridge Russia has ever built and the longest bridge in Europe. In September, Russia announced the annexation of the provinces of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia after staging referendums that Kyiv and the West say were phoney exercises held at gunpoint.
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