The building built by Russian President Vladimir Putin is the symbol of the annexation of the peninsula and a vital artery for the Russian army.
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Openly feared by the Russian authorities for several months, the scenario of an attack on the Crimea bridge seemed to be confirmed on Saturday October 8, after a powerful explosion strongly damaged this symbol building of the annexation of the Peninsula and strategic axis for Russian military operations in Ukraine.
Moscow was also unusually quick to name the facts. In the morning, a press release from the National Anti-terrorist Committee spoke of a “trapped truck” whose explosion, which occurred at 6:07 am, collapsed two paved tracks and caused the fire of seven tank wagons passing on The railway part of the bridge, in light overhang.
The countless videos showing the event, filmed from the road or even from the city of Kerch, seem consistent with this story. The fire lasted several hours before being mastered. Video surveillance images even show precisely the moment of the truck explosion.
Vladimir Konstantinov, the head of the Crimean Assembly – the regional parliament installed by Russia – denounced an action perpetrated by “the Ukrainian vandals”. For the time being, the other Russian officials were more cautious about this attribution. The reaction of an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, kyiv, however, seemed to give body to these accusations.
“Crimea, the bridge. This is the beginning, wrote Mikhaïlo Podoliak on Twitter. All that is illegal must be destroyed, everything that has been stolen must be returned to Ukraine, and the occupation Russian must be sought. “The head of the Ukrainian Security Council, Oleksi Danilov, published one of the videos of the fires fire accompanied by the song Happy Birthday Mister President of Marilyn Monroe, reference to the seventieth anniversary de Vladimir Putin, celebrated the day before, October 7.
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According to the Russian anti -terrorist committee, two roads are damaged, but the arch of the bridge is not affected. The images taken after the explosion show two completely collapsed in the water, while two others are more slightly damaged. Road and rail traffic has been interrupted.
For the president of the Crimean Assembly, Mr. Konstantinov, “the damage is not heavy” and will be “effectively repaired”. These insurances were not enough to reassure the Crimeans: Saturday morning, endless queues were formed near the petrol stations of the peninsula. Part of the barges that previously carried out the liaison, slower and more expensive, have already been put back in service. A rationing of basic necessities was also announced on the peninsula annexed in 2014.
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