{"id":220894,"date":"2022-10-09T08:16:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T07:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=220894"},"modified":"2022-10-09T08:16:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T07:16:27","slug":"moscow-blames-ukraine-as-explosion-destroys-bridge-linking-crimea-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/09\/moscow-blames-ukraine-as-explosion-destroys-bridge-linking-crimea-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow blames Ukraine as explosion destroys bridge linking Crimea to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tension as the sole bridge linking Russia with the occupied Crimea peninsula has been destroyed by an explosion.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to viral footage on social media on Saturday, plums of smoke and fire can be seen engulfing two railway carriages from a train with segments of the bridge collapsed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-63183404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">BBC<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Russia\u2019s National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said the explosion happened in the early hours of the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAt 06:07 Moscow time today [03:07 GMT], an explosion was set off at a cargo vehicle on the motorway part of the Crimean bridge on the side of the Taman peninsula, which set fire to seven fuel tanks of a train that was en route to the Crimean peninsula,\u201d the committee said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cTwo motorway sections of the bridge partially collapsed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In 2018, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, commissioned the bridge following the annexation of Crimea four years prior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/15\/russias-missiles-hit-kyiv-after-warship-moskva-sank\/\">Kyiv<\/a> has always viewed the bridge as an affront to its authority and the crossing gained renewed notoriety after it became the route where Russia moved military equipment to support its invasion of Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Vladimir Konstantinov, Pro-Russia\u2019s Crimean parliamentary speaker, blamed the explosion on \u201cUkrainian vandals, who have finally managed to reach their bloody hands to the Crimean bridge\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He added the damage to the bridge would be \u201cpromptly restored since it is not of a serious nature\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/04\/ukraine-bans-citizens-from-negotiating-with-russia\/\">Ukraine<\/a> is yet to claim responsibility for the explosion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Russia and Ukraine have been at war since Putin ordered the invasion of the neighbouring country earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">All attempts at peace are yet to yield a lasting ceasefire between the two countries.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tension as the sole bridge linking Russia with the occupied Crimea peninsula has been destroyed by an explosion. 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