Russians flee Crimea after Kerch bridge strike as queues stretch for miles

Tourists and residents are leaving the Black Sea peninsula—which was illegally annexed by Putin in 2014—videos show.

Russia blamed Ukraine for Monday's attack, and an explosion on the bridge in October 2022. Kyiv hasn't claimed responsibility for the incident, but Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda cited an unnamed source in Ukraine's Security Service as saying thatThis video grab taken from Crimea24TV footage on July 17, 2023 shows the Kerch bridge, linking Crimea to Russia, which was heavily damaged in an attack. Russia said the attack killed a civilian couple and wounded their child.

After annexing Crimea, Russia injected billions of dollars to revamp infrastructure in the peninsula that has long beenfor Russians. The Moscow Times quoted the National Hospitality Industry Union as saying there are at least 50,000 tourists on the peninsula. Russian media post a video of a traffic jam from Crimea in the direction of temporarily occupied by Melitopol. Reportedly, the jam is over 5 km long.

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