Bridge is a symbol of Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula
09 October 2022 - 22:28
A view shows a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 9 2022. Picture: REUTERSPutin was meeting Alexander Bastrykin, the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, who presented findings of an inquiry into what he said was Saturday’s explosion of a vehicle and subsequent fire on the bridge.
Passenger cars drive on the Kerch bridge, after an explosion destroyed part of it, in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, October 9 2022. Picture: ALEXEY PAVLISHAK/REUTERS Rail services and partial road traffic resumed a day after the blast. Images showed half of a section of the bridge’s roadway blown away, with the other half still attached.
Zaporizhzhia city, about 52km from a Russian-held nuclear power plant, has been under frequent shelling in recent weeks, with 19 people killed on Thursday.
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