Explosion on the Crimean bridge, leaving three dead

At least 3 people were killed after a cargo van exploded in the early hours of Saturday, October 8 On the automobile part of the Crimean bridge, the Russian Investigative Committee confirmed.

Based on the reports, Two of them were passengers in a car that was traveling next to a truck. The bodies of a man and a woman were pulled out of the water.

The third victim is the truck driver.

“As part of the investigations, the Russian Investigative Committee also identified the details of the truck and its owner. He is a resident of the Krasnodar region, and investigation procedures have begun at his place of residence,” the agency stated.

• The cargo vehicle explosion Occurred at 06:07 (local time) and Caused a fire in seven fuel tanks on a train Headed to Crimea

• as a result of Partially collapsed two sections of the road from the bridge

• The open fire on the bridge has been extinguished

• Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the establishment of a government commission Regarding the accident on the Crimean bridge
• Traffic on the Crimean bridge was completely closed after the explosion. At about 4:00 pm (local time), the movement of cars and buses was restored, which must comply with full inspection procedures.

One of the main goals of Ukraine

The Ukrainian authorities had repeatedly promised to attack the Crimean Bridge as one of their main goals.

In April, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Alexei Danilov, stated that Kyiv’s forces were ready to launch an attack on the bridge. He noted, “If we had the opportunity we would have done it. If there was an opportunity to do it, we would definitely do it.”

In mid-June, prior to the delivery of the Harpoon missiles, Major General Dmitry Marchenko in the Ukrainian Armed Forces revealed that the Kerch Bridge would be the main military target once the weapons were delivered.

In August, the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, Mikhail Podolyak, posted on his social networks that the bridge was an “illegal object” that harmed the “environment” of the peninsula, so it had to be dismantled. “It doesn’t matter how: voluntarily or not,” he wrote on Twitter.

Ukraine says Crimean bridge explosion is just the ‘beginning’

Adviser to the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Mikhail Podolyak, said that the explosion that occurred at dawn on Saturday on the Crimean bridge is only the “beginning”.

“Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. “Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, and everything occupied by Russia must be expelled,” Podolyak wrote on his official Twitter account after the incident.

Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, and everything occupied by Russia must be expelled. pic.twitter.com/yUiSwOLlDP

– ихайло Подоляк (Podolyak_M) October 8, 2022

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry also spoke about the explosion. “The Moskva missile cruiser and the Kerch bridge, infamous symbols of Russian power in Ukraine’s Crimea, have sunk. What’s the next step, Russians?” the agency said on social media.

They restored traffic on the Crimean bridge after the explosion

After the explosion, security measures have been tightened, and vehicles must undergo full inspection procedures.

traffic on the Crimean bridge, Which was completely closed after a truck explosion, which occurred on Saturday, has been partially restored, according to the Russian Ministry of Transport.

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“The condition of the undamaged part of the road allows the start of vehicular traffic on the Crimean bridge after 16:00 (local time) today in a single lane in a reversible mode,” said the Minister of Transport of Russia, Vitaly Savelyev. He gave all the necessary orders to strengthen security measures in the region, including increasing inspections.

In the meantime, freight vehicles will be required to use the Kerch ferry crossing after undergoing full inspection procedures.

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(With information from RT in Spanish)