The fire that broke out on the Crimean bridge is due to the explosion of a car bomb, said Saturday, October 8 the Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee, quoted by Russian agencies, which specifies that roads are damaged . Traffic was interrupted on this vast automobile and railway bridge linking the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Russia, and Russian territory. “A fuel tank caught fire at the back of a train”, detailed Crimean Railways. Follow our live.
Nearly 2,500 km2 of territory recaptured from Russian forces by kyiv. “In total, 2,434 km2 of our territory and 96 localities have already been liberated” since the start of the Ukrainian counter-offensive launched at the end of September in the northeast and south of the country, Volodymyr Zelensky assured Friday in his daily address. “This week alone, our soldiers liberated 776 km2 of territory in the east of our country and 29 localities, including six in the Lugansk region”, according to the Ukrainian president.
Russian forces claim gains in the East. Moscow, for its part, announced that it had taken three villages located south of Bakhmout which is under Ukrainian control. The Russian army has been trying to take the area for months, so far without success.
A European fund of 100 million euros to support Ukraine. The European Union will create a special fundendowed with 100 million euros, to support Ukraine in “his war effort, announced Emmanuel Macron on Friday after an informal summit of the leaders of the 27, in Prague (Czech Republic).