For its part, the Railways in CrimeaOn Saturday, no injuries were reported as a result of a fire in a fuel tank over the Qurum Bridge.
For his part, the Ukrainian president’s adviser described the explosion at the Kerch bridge as "the start"said that "Everything illegal must be destroyed".
The Kerch crossing is a pair of land bridges and railways built by Russia after it annexed the Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
The fire occurred hours after explosions rocked the city Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine early Saturday morning, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and causing a series of secondary explosions.
Official statement from the Crimean authorities
- The press service of the Crimean Railways reported that at 06:05 a sabotage act targeted the section of the railway on the Kerch bridge across the Kerch Strait".
- A fuel tank on a freight train caught fire when a truck exploded on the bridge sparking the fire, according to the media center of Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee.
- Head of the Crimean Council Vladimir Konstantinov: Ukraine is behind what happened and the damage to the Crimean bridge will be repaired immediately.
- Adviser to the President of Crimea Oleg Kryuchkov: No casualties in the accident, according to preliminary data.
- Traffic on the bridge for the motorway side is limited and ferries are being prepared for crossing the strait, and shipping in the Kerch Strait has not been blocked due to the accident.
- There is enough fuel and food in Crimea, and all logistical plans have been drawn up.
- For cars that cannot cross the Qurum bridge, a car park and a shelter for drivers have been organized.
- Trains from Moscow and Saint Petersburg to Simferopol were delayed due to the accident.
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Quotes Russian media About the Russian National Committee anti-terror She said that a truck was blown up on the “Kerch” bridge at dawn on Saturday, which led to a fire in a number of fuel tanks in Train He was walking across the bridge.
For its part, the Railways in CrimeaOn Saturday, no injuries were reported as a result of a fire in a fuel tank over the Qurum Bridge.
For his part, the Ukrainian president’s adviser described the explosion at the Kerch bridge as “the beginning”, and said that “everything illegal must be destroyed.”
The Kerch crossing is a pair of land bridges and railways built by Russia after it annexed the Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
The fire occurred hours after explosions rocked the city Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine early Saturday morning, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and causing a series of secondary explosions.
Official statement from the Crimean authorities
- The press service of the Crimean Railways reported that at 06:05 a sabotage act targeted the section of the railway on the Kerch bridge across the Kerch Strait.
- A fuel tank on a freight train caught fire when a truck exploded on the bridge sparking the fire, according to the media center of Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee.
- Head of the Crimean Council Vladimir Konstantinov: Ukraine is behind what happened and the damage to the Crimean bridge will be repaired immediately.
- Adviser to the President of Crimea Oleg Kryuchkov: No casualties in the accident, according to preliminary data.
- Traffic on the bridge for the motorway side is limited and ferries are being prepared for crossing the strait, and shipping in the Kerch Strait has not been blocked due to the accident.
- There is enough fuel and food in Crimea, and all logistical plans have been drawn up.
- For cars that cannot cross the Qurum Bridge, a car park and a shelter for drivers have been organized.
- Trains from Moscow and Saint Petersburg to Simferopol were delayed due to the accident.