2023-07-17 02:40:08
An “incident” caused road traffic to stop on the Crimean bridge early on Monday, two Russian news agencies reported, relayed by Archyde.com.
Traffic on the Kerch Bridge, which connects Crimea to Russia, was interrupted early on Monday. Ria Novosti and Tass, two Russian news agencies, relayed by the Archyde.com press agencyreported an “incident” and an “emergency” on the Crimean Bridge, saying traffic had been halted.
The Kyiv Independent, Ukrainian media, indicates that “two explosions” were heard on the Crimean bridge on Monday.
While major traffic jams formed on the roads leading to the Russian side of the bridge, the authorities asked the population to avoid this route to go to Crimea.
Strategic and symbolic bridge
This bridge, strategic and symbolic for Russiahad been hit in October 2022 by a spectacular explosion, which caused a major fire.
Built at great expense by order of Vladimir Putin, it was inaugurated by the Russian President on May 15, 2018. The Court of Justice of the European Union and the Ukrainian authorities then denounced the attack on the territorial integrity of Ukraine represented by the construction of this bridge.
Because Crimea is one of the main stakes of the war in Ukraine. In November 2022, the Kremlin acknowledged that there was a “risk” of Ukrainian attacks against its positions on this peninsula.
Volodymyr Zelensky intends to reconquer this annexed territory. “Crimea is our land, our territory, our sea and our mountains. Give us your weapons and we will recover our lands,” he said on the sidelines of the Davos Forum at the start of the year.
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