Kerch bridge

The bridge was built by Russia after it annexed the Ukrainian territory of Crimea in 2014. Ukraine's media reported that a blast took place on the bridge.

In another sign of trouble, reports have surfaced of poor training and supplies for the new troops. Putin ordered a partial mobilisation of Russian army reservists last month to reinforce manpower on the front lines in Ukraine. The 32-year-old man’s lawyers had argued that the law under which he was charged applies only to conscription evaders, not those subject to the partial mobilisation. Some of the Russian military’s equipment and weapons is getting into Ukrainians’ hands. The ministry said Russian forces also had prevented Ukrainian troops from advancing on several villages in the Kherson region. “With Russian formations under severe strain in several sectors and increasingly demoralised troops, Russia will likely continue to lose heavy weaponry.” The city of Zaporizhzhia, the region’s administrative centre, is located a 53-kilometer flight distance from the nuclear plant and remains under Ukrainian control. Russia has been so desperate for troop reinforcements that it’s turned to unusual sources. The Crimean Peninsula holds symbolic value for Russia and is key to sustaining its military operations in the south. The unmanned, disposable “kamikaze drones” are cheaper and less sophisticated than missiles but are effective at damaging ground targets. An accident there could release 10 times the potentially lethal radiation than the world’s worst nuclear disaster, at Chernobyl in Ukraine 36 years ago, Ukrainian Environmental Protection Minister Ruslan Strilets said on Friday. “He was reinforcing what we have been saying, which is how seriously we take these threats about nuclear weapons,” Jean-Pierre said.

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.

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.

The Kerch Bridge, which was built on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been a key transport link for carrying military equipment to ...

A suspected truck bomb has partially downed a key bridge linking Crimea to Russia, which annexed the territory from Ukraine in 2014.

It is too early to ascertain the method of attack and the range of implications of this attack on the Kerch Bridge. It is certainly a punch in the face for Putin on his birthday. “Dropping a bridge span like this would take a lot of ‘bang’ (explosives) and good demolition design … “At 06:05, the equipment showed false employment on the railway tracks at the railway part of the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait. The locomotive with part of the cars was taken to the Kerch station. The hardest bridges to drop are reinforced concrete like this. The causes of the incident are being established,” the message says. A fuel tank caught fire at the tail of the freight train. on the road traffic side of the Crimean bridge … Stream your news live & on demand with Flash. From CNN International, Al Jazeera, Sky News, BBC World, CNBC & more. “Today …

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."

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.

KYIV, Ukraine — A giant explosion ripped across the Crimea Bridge, a strategic link between mainland Russia and Crimea, in what appeared to be a stunning ...

"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,"

A key bridge linking Crimea to Russia has been rocked by a major explosion. A fuel tank was spotted ablaze on the Kerch bridge with at least two railway ...

At least three people have died after a key road-and-rail bridge linking Crimea to Russia was destroyed by a major explosion. Russian officials say the ...

Damage to the Crimea bridge is a major humiliation for the Russian leader. CRIMEA-RUSSIA-POLITICS-BRIDGE. Russian ...

He said that Ukraine “must be immersed in dark times,” and urged Russia to destroy bridges, dams, railways, thermal power plants and other infrastructure facilities in Ukraine. It is also a serious humiliation for Putin personally, having happened on the morning after his 70th birthday. According to international law, such deliberate destruction would be a war crime. and its Ukrainian proxy regime will move the red line further and further.” Even further,” Kyiv hasn’t claimed responsibility for the bridge explosion.

Road and rail crossing is Russia's sole land link with Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it illegally annexed in 2014 - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. The road and rail bridge is the sole land link between Crimea and Russia and has become an integral route for civilian and commercial movement since its inauguration in 2018. The Kerch Bridge that was damaged in a powerful blast on Saturday provides Russia a critical connection to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it illegally annexed in 2014.