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Moscow: The biggest news of the moment is from the war zone of Russia-Ukraine war. It is feared that Ukraine has blown up the 19 kilometer long sea bridge connecting Russia with Crimea. This has caused panic in the Kremlin’s army. Even before this, Ukraine has blown up another bridge in Crimea. Then Ukraine blew up the bridge with explosives on the very next day of Putin’s birthday and called it a birthday gift for Putin. Now traffic has been halted on a major bridge linking Crimea to the Russian mainland amid reports of explosions. This has created a stir.
Russia’s health ministry, located at the eastern end of the bridge in the Krasnodar region, said two people were killed and their daughter was injured in an undisclosed accident on the bridge. Crimea’s governor announced the closure of the bridge early Monday, but did not give a reason. Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014. AP News images show a helicopter flying over the Crimea bridge, which also shows a picture of the bomb going off. News reports said that local residents heard explosions before dawn, but there was no confirmation.
The region’s governor, Sergei Aksyonov, said he expected rail traffic on the bridge to resume within several hours. While the extent of the damage caused by the explosion was not immediately clear, pictures posted by BAZA, a Telegram channel belonging to Russia’s security services, showed a collapsed lane of the bridge’s roadway and a black car. Visible, whose front part is visible broken.
The bridge, which spanned the Kerch Strait, was damaged by a truck bomb in October and required several months of repair before resuming full service. The bridge carries both road and rail traffic and is an important supply artery for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The 19-kilometre (12 mi) long bridge is the main route connecting Russia and Crimea. It was opened in 2018. It is the lifeblood of connectivity between Russia and the Crimean peninsula. Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military intelligence, declined to comment on the incident on Monday, but said: “The peninsula is used by the Russians as a large logistics hub for moving troops and assets into the territory of Ukraine.” is done.
Of course, any logistical problems are additional complications for the occupiers. It is feared that Ukraine has blown up this bridge so that war and logistics material could not be supplied to Russia via Crimea.
