A major explosion has severely damaged Europe's longest bridge which connects the annexed territory of Crimea to mainland Russia The Kerch Bridge is a key Russian supply route and a symbol of the Kremlin's occupation of Ukrainian territory. 9News MORE:
to the annexed territory of Crimea, according to Russian state media RIA and social media footage.
Images of the Kerch bridge posted on social media appear to show a portion of the roadway of the vehicle and rail bridge had fallen into the waters below it.The tanker was located on the 19-kilometre long bridge – strategically important because it links Russia's Krasnodar region with the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula.The source of the explosion remains unclear.In an interview in August, a senior Ukrainian military commander said the Kerch bridge was a legitimate target.
"This is a necessary measure in order to deprive them of the opportunity to provide reserves and reinforce their troops from Russian territory," Maj. Gen. Dmytro Marchenko said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. Work is "underway to extinguish the fire," the adviser to the Russian administration head of occupied Crimea, Oleg Kryunchkov, said in a Telegram post, adding that the bridge's "shipping arches were not damaged."
The Kerch bridge is able to handle 40,000 cars a day and to move 14 million passengers and 13 million tons of cargo per year, state news agency RIA Novosti reported when the bridge opened in 2018.A woman is helped by a Ukrainian firefighter to leave a shelter after a Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine."Russia's construction of the bridge serves as a reminder of Russia's ongoing willingness to flout international law," a US State Department statement said.
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Massive explosion on Crimea's Kerch bridge, Russian state media reportsA major explosion has severely damaged Europe's longest bridge which connects the annexed territory of Crimea to mainland Russia The Kerch Bridge is a key Russian supply route and a symbol of the Kremlin's occupation of Ukrainian territory. 9News MORE:
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