An explosion rocked a bridge linking Russia and the Crimea peninsula early Saturday.
early Saturday, bringing down sections of road and causing fuel tanker wagons to catch fire on a train.celebrated his 70th birthday, the Kerch bridge which has been a symbol of his illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, was partially destroyed by the blast which was caused by a truck being “blown up,” Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Images of the bridge posted on social media appeared to show a portion of the roadway had fallen into the water underneath and flames and smoke could be seen rising from rail cars above. Without directly claiming responsibility for the explosion Ukrainian officials have been posting gleeful messages to social media about the blast., said it was just “the beginning” in a post on his Twitter account.
“Politically it’s a big kick in the guts for Putin the day after his birthday,” Mick Ryan, a military strategist and former major general in the Australian Army, told NBC News by phone Saturday.just recently including Crimea,” Ryan said. The most profound effect of the explosion would be psychological impact it had on everyday Russians watching at home, said Keir Giles, a senior consulting fellow at London’s Chatham House think tank.trying to mobilize
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