Crimea bridge explosion photos and videos show devastating impact
. The explosion damaged a key supply route for Russia's forces amid the Kremlin's flagging war effort in Ukraine.
Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia, after a truck exploded, near Kerch, on October 8, 2022. - Moscow announced on October 8, 2022 that a truck exploded igniting a huge fire and damaging the key Kerch bridge -- built as Russia's sole land link with annexed Crimea -- and vowed to find the perpetrators, without immediately blaming Ukraine.
The Kremlin hasn't yet said the bridge was attacked, however, the head of the Crimean parliament Vladimir Konstantinov called the incident a"terrorist attack" by Ukraine in a post his Telegram channel. Russia's Transport Ministry said on Telegram Monday that"there is damage to the roadway on spans of the Crimean Bridge."
Russian media publish a video of the Kerch bridge, reportedly filmed from a train on the railway part of the bridge.
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