The explosion following this Saturday’s fire destroyed part of a bridge connecting Russia to the Crimean peninsula, Ukrainian territory that has been controlled by the Russian government since 2014. According to the Russian government, three people were killed in the attack, but traffic has already been partially restarted. on site.
Russian officials say a truck exploded and started a massive fire, and seven tanks on a fuel-carrying train caught fire. The impact of the collision overturned two lanes with cars.
Neither Russia nor the Ukrainian government claimed responsibility for the attack, while Ukrainian officials applauded the explosion on social media. The work is strategic for the Russian government because it serves to transport people and materials from Russian territory to Crimea, which was annexed by the government of Vladimir Putin 8 years ago.
Who blew up the bridge? The bridge, hit by Saturday’s blasts, connects Russian territory with the Crimean peninsula, which belongs to Ukraine but was annexed by Putin in 2014. The bridge, which was inaugurated in 2018 to consolidate Russia’s dominance over the region.
Officially, the Ukrainian government has not claimed responsibility for the attack. But many officials in the country applauded the explosion on social media, including President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, and the country’s deputy foreign minister, Emine Dzheppar.
Mykhailo Podolyak, Advisor to the Chief of Staff, tweeted an image of the destroyed bridge: “Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be deported.” However, he later published another message suggesting that the Russians were behind the incident.
Ukraine’s postal service announced on Twitter and on its official website that it has issued a stamp commemorating the explosion. The stamp shows the characters Jack and Rose, the protagonists of the movie Titanic, in front of the burning bridge.
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