The bridge linking Russia to Crimea has been hit by a massive explosion on the section that carries railway traffic. It comes days after a US official claimed Ukraine could retake the region, with the Kerch bridge representing a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsular.
Widespread images on social media show the bridge in the Kerch strait linking Russia with Crimea ferociously ablaze, The Mirror reports. One video shows a road section of the bridge has completely given way and collapsed into the sea while a freight train appears to be stationary and ablaze on the rail part of the key link between Russia and Crimea that was opened in 2018.
Residents in the area have reported hearing powerful explosions at around 6am local time on Saturday morning. A train on the bridge has caught fire, according to a Crimean official, reported the TASS agency.
