WATCH | Explosion in Crimean bridge
A blast on the strategic road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimea peninsula brought down sections of the road taking traffic in one direction.
The Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee reported on social media that the explosion occurred at 6:07 a.m. (0307 GMT) in a freight truck, causing seven fuel tanker wagons to catch fire on a train heading for the peninsula.
It said two sections of road bridge had partially collapsed, but that the arch spanning the Kerch Strait--the waterway through which ships travel between the Black Sea and Azov Sea--was not damaged.
The Emergency Ministry said the fire had been extinguished, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
A Ukrainian presidential adviser tweeted that the incident was just "the beginning" but stopped short of saying Ukrainian forces were responsible for the blast. Traffic was suspended on the road-and-rail bridge, according to a Reuters report.
Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and the 19-km (12-mile) bridge linking it to Russia’s transport network was opened with great fanfare by President Vladimir Putin four years later.
It now represents a crucial supply route for the Russian forces who have taken control of most of southern Ukraine's Kherson region. (via Reuters, MaxDefense Philippines)
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