The explosion of a cargo vehicle caused the fire of seven fuel tanks on a train and the partial collapse of two road sections of the bridge. Photo: Gettyimages.ru
At least 3 people died after a truck explosion that occurred in the early hours of this Saturday, October 8th on the automotive part of the Crimean bridge confirmed the Russian investigative committee.
According to reports two of them are passengers in a car that drove alongside a truck. The bodies of a man and a woman were recovered from the water.
The third victim is the truck driver.
“As part of the investigation, the Russian investigative committee also found out the details of the truck and its owner. He is a resident of the Krasnodar region, and investigations have been launched at his place of residence,” the agency said.
- That Cargo vehicle explosion took place at 06:07 (local time) and caused the fire of seven fuel tanks on a train on the way to the Crimean Peninsula
- As a result partially collapsed two road sections the bridge
- The open fire on the bridge was extinguished
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of one government commission in connection with the Crimean Bridge incident
- Traffic on the Crimean bridge was completely blocked after the explosion. Around 4:00 p.m. (local time), the movement of cars and buses resumed, which have to undergo a complete control procedure.
One of the main destinations of Ukraine
The Ukrainian authorities had repeatedly promised to attack the Crimean bridge as one of their main targets.
In April, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Alexei Danilov stated that the Kiev armed forces were ready to launch an attack on the bridge. “If we had the opportunity, we would have done it. If there is an opportunity, we will definitely do it,” he noted.
In mid-June, prior to the delivery of the Harpoon missiles, Major General of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Dmitry Marchenko announced that the Kerch Bridge would be the top military target once the weapons were delivered.
In August, the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, Mikhail Podoliak, published on his social networks that the bridge was an “illegal object” harming “the ecology” of the peninsula, which is why it had to be dismantled. “It doesn’t matter how: voluntarily or not,” he tweeted.
The Crimean bridge explosion is just “the beginning,” says Ukraine
Advisor to the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Mikhail Podoliak, said the blast that occurred at dawn this Saturday on the Crimean bridge was just “the beginning.”
“Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled,” Podoliak 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, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled. pic.twitter.com/yUiSwOLlDP
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) October 8, 2022
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense also spoke about the explosion. “The Moskva missile cruiser and the Kerch Bridge, two notorious symbols of Russian power in Ukraine’s Crimea, have sunk. What next, Russians?” the agency said on social media.
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(With information from RT in Spanish)