JAKARTA - A giant fire triggered by a car bomb has occurred on the main bridge connecting Crimea to Russia. Moscow confirmed the information without accusing Ukraine.
The road and rail bridges, built on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin and inaugurated in 2018, are the main means of transportation to carry military equipment to Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, especially in the south, as well as transporting troops across.
Covering the Kerch Strait, the bridge is the only crossing between occupied Crimea and Russia.
"Today at 6:07 am [03:07 GMT] on the side of the Crimea bridge road traffic... a car bomb exploded, burning seven oil tankers transported by train to Crimea," the Russian news agency quoted the national newspaper as saying. quoted from the Moscow Times, Saturday 8 October.
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A Kremlin spokesman said Putin had ordered the formation of a commission to investigate the blast, Russian news agency reported.
The head of Russia's set up regional parliament in Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, blamed "Ukrainian disruptors."
Russia has kept the bridge safe despite fighting in Ukraine but has threatened Kyiv with retaliation if attacked.
If it is known that Ukraine was behind the explosion, it is a serious concern for Moscow as the bridge is far from the front line.
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