A fuel tank was observed on fire on the Kerch Bridge in Crimea , this Saturday (8), according to information from the Russian state news agency RIA. Ukrainian media reported an explosion at the site.
Due to the fire, traffic was suspended on the road and rail bridge, which opened in 2018 and was designed to link Crimea to the city’s transport network. Russia .
“A fuel tank is on fire on one of the sections of the Crimea bridge,” the agency said, citing a regional official but without giving the cause. “The transport arches are not damaged,” it added.
Ukrainian media said the explosion on the bridge took place around midnight Brasilia time (0300 GMT). Reuters could not independently verify the reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the bridge in 2018 after Crimea was annexed from Ukraine in 2014, bringing sanctions and deteriorating ties with the West.
In September, Russia announced the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia provinces, after holding referendums that Kyiv and the West say are fake exercises carried out at gunpoint.
Source: CNN Brasil
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