a truck bomb ignites the Crimean bridge

The extent of the damage is commensurate with this immense crimean bridge. On the lower part, two of the four traffic lanes are destroyed. On the railway track at the top, a train is on fire. A little after 6 a.m., Saturday, October 8, a few vehicles were circulating when a violent explosion occurred. A few minutes away, a motorist filming escaped the worst. A little further on, another witness films the causeway collapsed into the sea. Very quickly, the Russian authorities evoke an attack and open a criminal investigation.

Ukraine has not admitted responsibility for the attack, but the fact that infrastructure so far from the front could be damaged by Ukrainian forces could be a snub for Moscow. In the streets of kyiv, citizens pose in front of the photo of the Crimean Bridge on fire. For them, it is a victory: “We are very happy. When we woke up this morning and saw the news, we laughed with the whole family”. The Ukrainian presidency suggested that the explosion could be the result of an internal struggle in the circles of power in Moscow, claiming to see a Russian track there.