After a truck bomb exploded on the bridge to the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, the route follows Ukraine After Russia. “It is worth noting that according to all indications, the exploded truck was driven onto the bridge from the Russian side,” Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podoliak said on Saturday. “So the answers must be sought in Russia,” Podoliak added. “All this clearly points the way to Russia.” According to official reports, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin will not talk to Russians in the next few days despite the serious outbreak. Such an appearance was not planned
Photos and videos of the burning bridge can be seen on Twitter on Saturday. News agencies are reporting multiple explosions. The road on this stretch of road was heavily damaged, but despite the destruction, traffic was able to resume on Saturday. The bridge is now “open for cars and buses,” Crimean peninsula executive head Sergei Aksyonov said on the online service Telegram.
At least three people died in the blast, according to Russian sources. The National Investigation Team said the bodies were recovered from the water. This is preliminary information, it said. People were reportedly sitting in the vehicles when the truck exploded from the morning terrain on the Crimean Bridge car route. Investigators believe there was an explosive device on or under the vehicle.
Crimean bridge blast: Russians identify truck drivers
Known as the Kerch Bridge, the bridge connects Russia to Crimea and was completed in 2018. According to preliminary information from Russia’s National Intelligence Service, the truck exploded on the Crimean Bridge auto route at 6:07 a.m. on Saturday. The vehicle came from mainland Russia and was heading towards the Crimean coastal city of Kerch.
As a result, seven tanks of the freight train en route to the Crimean Peninsula burst into flames. As a result, the road has been damaged and traffic has been cut off, officials said. A ferry link is to be set up. Russian President Vladimir Putin has set up a commission to investigate the incident.
The driver of the truck that exploded was a resident of the southern Russian region of Krasnodar, Russian investigators said on Saturday, without naming the man. Accordingly, inquiries will be initiated at his home and the documented route of the truck will be verified.
Crimean bridge destroyed: Ukraine cheers
In Ukraine, images of the destroyed bridge were greeted with joy. “Crimea. The bridge. The beginning,” Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, wrote on Twitter on Saturday. “Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine.” However, Podoliak did not explicitly blame Ukraine for the explosions and fires.
Russia warns against shelling of Crimea bridge
After the Russian attack on Ukraine at the end of February, there were several explosions in Crimea, causing serious damage, including to military bases. There were repeated threats in the capital, Kyiv Vladimir Putin is the head of the Kremlin The bridge between the peninsula and the Russian mainland was opened under the island. More recently, in the Kerch region directly over the bridge in Crimea, there have been repeated incidents of drone bombings.
Russia issued strong warnings against shelling the bridge, a key strategic structure, and threatened to target command centers in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv if it did so. The Ukrainian leadership has repeatedly requested long-range heavy weapons from the West. This should also destroy the bridge as stated in Kiev.
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