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Russia races to reopen key Crimea bridge damaged in fiery blast

President Vladimir Putin’s flagship bridge to Crimea was severely damaged in a blast that hit a fuel train and caused the partial collapse of the only road link running from the Russian mainland to the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014.

Tribune News Service

Putin orders more security for Crimea bridge, energy supplies - Interfax

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered tighter security for the bridge from Russia to Crimea as well as the infrastructure supplying electricity and natural gas to the peninsula, Interfax said.

Reuters

Ukraine news – live: Putin ramps up Crimea bridge security after explosion kills three

Truck bomb caused the blast, Russian officials say, stopping short of blaming Kyiv

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Vladimir Putin thought Crimea bridge was indestructible... until 'Ukraine bombed it'

Months ago Russian media reported that the Crimea bridge - which connects Russia to its illegally annexed territory - was impossible to attack due to the defence systems protecting it, which included "military-trained dolphins" and underwater warning sirens

Daily Mirror

Factbox-The bridge linking Russia to the Crimean peninsula

The road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula was damaged in a powerful blast on Saturday, hitting a crucial supply route for Russian forces in Ukraine. Following are key facts about the bridge.

Reuters

Bridge explosion big loss for Putin

Kerch bridge was opened by Putin in 2018 and is crucial for the transportation of Russian military supplies

Salon

Fireball damages bridge linking Russia and Crimea

The bridge has been a longtime symbol of Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim to the Crimean Peninsula.

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Ukraine taunts Russia with 'what's next?' jibe and says bridge blast was 'beginning'

A suspected car bomb destroyed a section of the Kerch Bridge, connecting Crimea to mainland Russia. When it was built it was hailed as a symbol Crimea was Russian with officials boasting about just how well defended it was

Daily Mirror

Russian troops in Ukraine can get all necessary supplies via land and sea - ministry

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday that Russian troops fighting in the Mykolaiv, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia regions of southern Ukraine could receive all the supplies they needed via existing land and sea corridors, after a bridge linking Russia to Crimea was badly damaged by a blast.

Reuters

Blast damages Russia's sole land link to Crimea

Moscow says a truck explosion ignited a huge fire and severely damaged the Kerch bridge — Russia’s sole land link with annexed Crimea — and has vowed to find the perpetrators, without immediately blaming Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

A blast hits the bridge to Crimea, a key supply route in Russia's war

The 12-mile bridge has served as a key auto and rail supply line from Russia into Crimea. A Ukrainian official said the incident was just "the beginning," but stopped short of taking credit.

WEKU

Impact of Kerch bridge blast will be felt all the way to the Kremlin

Vladimir Putin opened road section in 2018 and Moscow had threatened reprisals if it was attacked

The Guardian - UK

Terrifying footage shows Russian bridge to Crimea hit by huge 'truck bomb' explosion

The footage - which appears to show a truck exploding as it crossed the Crimean Bridge - increases the likelihood that Putin's key crossing was targeted by a Ukrainian attack in the hours after his 70th birthday

Daily Mirror

Huge fire on important bridge in Crimea as US says Ukraine could retake region

The Kerch bridge represens a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsular

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Ukraine presidential advisor says Crimea bridge 'must be destroyed' following damage

A Ukrainian presidential advisor posted a message on Twitter after conflicting reports of an explosion or fire on Saturday that damaged the bridge connecting the Russian mainland to the occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, calling it "the beginning" but not directly claiming Ukrainian responsibility.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Moscow: Car Bomb Sparked Fire on Key Crimean Bridge

A fire sparked by a car bomb has broken out on a key road and rail bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula to Russia, which annexed the territory from Ukraine in 2014, Moscow authorities said Saturday. "Today at 6:07 am (0307 GMT) on the road traffic side of the Crimean bridge…

Evening Standard

Crimea: Bridge linked to Russia reopens after explosion kills three

Russia’s RIA state news agency reported that a fuel tank caught fire on the Kerch bridge at around 6am on Saturday morning

Al Jazeera

Kerch bridge linking Russia to Crimea damaged in explosion

Russia opens criminal probe into the blast that blew up the vital bridge linking Moscow-annexed Crimea to the mainland.

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 227 of the invasion

Blasts rock bridge linking Crimea to Russia; Zelenskiy warns on nuclear weapons; Moscow declares Russian rapper a ‘foreign agent’

The Guardian - AU

Three killed as huge explosion causes key Crimea-Russia road bridge to collapse – as it happened

Blast early on Saturday causes road bridge to collapse and engulfs rail bridge in flames

France 24

Explosion damages Kerch bridge linking Crimea to Russia

An explosion on the Kerch road-and-rail bridge, the sole land link between Crimea and Russia, set oil tankers ablaze and caused the collapse of two car lanes, Russian authorities said Saturday. The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has lost its external power connection as a result of Russian shelling and is…

The Guardian - AU

Key bridge linking Crimea to Russia hit by huge explosion

Section of Kerch bridge collapses after blast, seen as major blow to Russian military prestige

Reuters

Russia launches biggest air strikes since start of Ukraine war

Russia rained cruise missiles on busy Ukrainian cities on Monday in what the United States called "horrific strikes", killing civilians and knocking out power and heat with its most widespread air attacks since the start of the war.

Daily Mirror

Huge fire erupts on bridge to Crimea days after US said Ukraine could retake region

A huge blaze is ripping through a bridge to the Crimea, with a whole road section pictured having collapsed and fallen into the sea, and it comes as a US official claims that Crimea could be retaken

Evening Standard

Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has ‘already lost’ as Ukraine ‘could reclaim Crimea’

The US says there is now a ‘distinct possibility’ of Ukraine reclaiming Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014

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