Russia on Saturday opened a criminal investigation into the blast that severely damaged the major bridge linking Moscow’s annexed Crimea to the mainland, and which it says was caused by a vehicle explosion. The Russian Investigative Committee said it had “opened a criminal investigation in connection with the incident on the Crimean bridge“. He clarified that the explosion took place after “the explosion of a truck“.
“Today at 06:07 (05:07 in Belgium) on the road part of the Crimean Bridge […] there was a car bomb explosion, which set fire to seven railway tanks that were going to Crimea“, said the committee, quoted by the Russian agencies. “Two road lanes partially collapsed“, underlined the Anti-Terrorism Committee, while specifying that the arch of the bridge was not affected. The head of the Crimean assembly, the regional parliament installed by Russia, Vladimir Konstantinov denounced a coup “Ukrainian vandals“.