Kerch bridge

2022 - 10 - 8

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Russia-Ukraine war live: fire engulfs crucial Kerch bridge between ... (The Guardian)

Train seen burning fiercely on a key Russian supply route and symbol of the Kremlin's occupation of Ukrainian territory.

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Fire breaks out on Kerch bridge linking Russia to Crimea (Aljazeera.com)

A fuel tank is ablaze on the Kerch bridge disrupting traffic on a key military supply route for Russian forces.

Western weaponry has helped the Ukrainian army win back more territory in the past month than Russian forces have taken in five months. at the moment is largely supplied by rail networks and that main railway network for the southern front came through Crimea across the Kerch bridge,” Challands said. The Tass news agency also reported the fire. There were no immediate reports of casualties. It does strike Vladimir Putin’s image of control. “This does strike at Vladimir Putin’s prestige.

Impact of Kerch bridge blast will be felt all the way to the Kremlin (The Guardian)

Vladimir Putin opened road section in 2018 and Moscow had threatened reprisals if it was attacked.

Some Russian naval forces appear also to have been discreetly redeployed as the war has inched ever closer. I hope he understands what the retaliatory target will be.” But the implied rebuff of the apparent attack is more significant than simply symbolic. An attack on the naval airbase at Saky in August, led Russian tourists to flee Crimea’s beaches en masse, jamming the bridge with miles-long tailbacks. And finally, thanks to your work and your talent, the miracle has happened.” “In different historical epochs, even under the tsar priests, people dreamed of building this bridge.

Crimean bridge: What's next, asks Ukraine, after explosion (BBC News)

A large fire on the only crossing between the occupied Crimean peninsula and Russia was caused by a lorry explosion, Russian officials say.

Road and rail traffic across the bridge has been suspended. The crossing is more than 100 miles from Ukrainian-held territory. The bridge is particularly hated by Ukrainians. Opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018, it was meant to symbolise that Crimea was Russian. Russian officials previously claimed it was well protected from threats from air, land or water. "Two notorious symbols of Russian power in Ukrainian Crimea have gone down," it tweeted.

Crimean bridge: Excitement and fear in Ukraine after bridge blast (BBC News)

"The guided missile cruiser Moskva and the Kerch bridge - two notorious symbols of Russian power in Ukrainian Crimea - have gone down," tweeted Ukraine's ...

The road and railway bridges are vital links in Russia's supply chain. But the attacks on the Saky base and the bridge are all part of the same wider effort: to undermine Russia's ability to use Crimea as a launch pad for its war in southern Ukraine. Ukrainian officials are giving little away, happy to apply the same level of ambiguity that followed a mysterious attack on the Russian airbase in Crimea in August. Any number of theories are doing the rounds - from a Ukrainian special forces operation to the work of partisans in Crimea, a missile strike, or even a suicide bomb. Coming on the back of weeks of mostly good news from the battlefront, where Ukrainian forces continue to take back territory seized by Russia back in February and March, the sight of the crippled, burning bridge is a massive additional boost to morale. "The guided missile cruiser Moskva and the Kerch bridge - two notorious symbols of Russian power in Ukrainian Crimea - have gone down,"

Explosion destroys part of Crimea bridge crucial to Russian war effort (Reuters)

A blast on the strategic road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimea peninsula brought down sections of road taking traffic in one direction, ...

In a video message Aksyonov, the Crimea governor, said he wanted to "assure Crimeans that the Republic of Crimea is fully provided with fuel and food. The Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee said a freight truck had blown up on the bridge's roadway at 6:07 a.m. "We are not cut off from the mainland!" Since the start of the invasion on Feb. The images could not immediately be verified. Don't panic."

Blast damages only bridge linking Russia and Crimea; Zelenskyy ... (CNBC)

Russian authorities reported on Saturday that a large blaze erupted on the only bridge linking mainland Russia to the occupied Crimean Peninsula.

Work to extinguish the blaze is underway," Oleg Kryuchko, an aide to the Russian occupation head of Crimea said via Telegram, according to TASS news agency. "Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. "According to preliminary information, a fuel storage tank is on fire ... It was built on his orders shortly after the Kremlin annexed Crimea in 2014 to support Moscow's claims to the territory. local time before the road partially collapsed. It is too early to speak about causes and consequences.

Crimean bridge: Explosion is 'the beginning', says Zelensky adviser (BBC News)

A large fire on the only crossing between the occupied Crimean peninsula and Russia was caused by a lorry explosion, Russian officials say.

The bridge is particularly hated by Ukrainians. The crossing is more than 100 miles from Ukrainian-held territory. "Two notorious symbols of Russian power in Ukrainian Crimea have gone down," it tweeted. He added the damage to the bridge would be "promptly restored, since it is not of a serious nature". It is hard to exaggerate the significance, and symbolism, of seeing the bridge on fire. The official Twitter account of the Ukraine government responded to the fire by tweeting: "Sick burn."

Crimean bridge: Excitement and fear in Ukraine after bridge blast (BBC News)

"The guided missile cruiser Moskva and the Kerch bridge - two notorious symbols of Russian power in Ukrainian Crimea - have gone down," tweeted Ukraine's ...

Ukraine war: Key bridge linking Russia to Crimea partially destroyed ... (Sky News)

Ukrainian officials have repeatedly threatened to strike Kerch Bridge and some lauded the attack, but Kyiv stopped short of claiming responsibility.

Ukrainian officials have repeatedly threatened to strike the bridge. The second area may contain both military and civilian bodies. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly threatened to strike the bridge and some lauded the attack, but Kyiv stopped short of claiming responsibility. The Kerch bridge is the longest in Europe and has provided an essential link to the Crimean peninsula which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Mr Putin has sent ministers to the bridge and formed a government panel to investigate the cause of the incident. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly threatened to strike Kerch Bridge and some lauded the attack, but Kyiv stopped short of claiming responsibility.

Massive explosion cripples Crimea's Kerch bridge, Russian officials ... (CNN)

In a major blow for Russia, a fuel tank explosion early Saturday caused part of Europe's longest bridge that links Russia to the annexed territory of Crimea ...

Its opening – according to Russia’s official narrative – claimed to mark the physical “reunification” of Crimea with the Russian mainland. “This is a necessary measure in order to deprive them (Russia) of the opportunity to provide reserves and reinforce their troops from Russian territory,” Maj. “Such is the whole essence of the Kiev regime and the Ukrainian state … But they did succeed in damaging the roadbed of the Russian bridge,” Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov said. The source of the explosion remains unclear. No further details on the timing or scope of the commission have been announced.

Crimea bridge: Truck bomb causes huge explosion on key Kerch ... (iNews)

The apparent attack demolished parts of the bridge, which is crucial to Crimea and Russia's military operations. A view shows a fire on the Kerch bridge at ...

Russian officials said part of the road link remained intact, however, and in a bid to downplay the damage, vowed to reopen the bridge for traffic and rail. However, any move to supply Crimea via the Donbas region could prove perilous, requiring military convoys to travel within striking distance of Ukrainian “And this is just the beginning. The explosions appeared to collapse a road section of Kerch bridge into the sea. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky, said: “Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. The reason is simple: if you build something explosive, then sooner or later it will explode.

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