Kerch bridge

2022 - 10 - 8

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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.

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.

Explosion hits Crimea Bridge, damaging Russian supply route to ... (The Washington Post)

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 ...

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: 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,"

Bridge explosion in Crimea could escalate Russia's war in Ukraine ... (CBC.ca)

A truck bomb Saturday caused a fire and the collapse of a section of a bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia, Russian officials say, ...

He said the blasts sparked fires at one of the city's medical institutions and a non-residential building. and the European Union. An adviser to Zelenskyy, Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted: "Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. "And this is just the beginning. The $3.6-billion US project is a tangible symbol of Moscow's claims on Crimea. President on the right side. It has provided an essential link to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The Crimean Peninsula holds symbolic value for Russia and is key to sustaining its military operations in the south. "Russian illegal construction is starting to fall apart and catch fire. While Russia seized the areas north of Crimea early during the invasion and built a land corridor to it along the Sea of Azov, Ukraine is pressing a counteroffensive to reclaim them. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly threatened to strike the bridge and some lauded the attack, but Kyiv stopped short of claiming responsibility. The bridge has train and automobile sections.