Day 226 War in Ukraine, latest news, live
War A strong explosion destroys part of the iconic bridge in Crimea
Infrastructure The Crimean Bridge: Putin's 'jewel' threatened by Ukraine
An explosion early this Saturday caused significant damage to the
strategic
Crimean bridge, built by Russia after annexing the Ukrainian peninsula.
Security
camera footage
shows a huge
explosion
overnight, which appears to have occurred as a truck passed by.
Other images show the railway line on fire and a collapsed stretch of highway.
"
Today at 06:07
(05:07, peninsular time) on the road part of the Crimean bridge (...) there was a
car bomb
detonation , which caused the
fire of seven railway tankers
that were going to Crimea ", indicated the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee, quoted by local agencies.
The explosion caused the
collapse of two sections of the automobile part
of the bridge, in which 1.3 kilometers of railway tracks were also damaged.
This event is a new setback for Russia, which in recent weeks has suffered a series of military setbacks on the front that caused discontent among the Russian elite.
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