Sergey Malgavko / TASS What is known about the explosion of the bridge About six in the morning, an explosion occurred on the Crimean bridge. According to the video protests published by the BAZA publication, this happened when a truck and a car that overtaken it began to go on the rise of the navigable arches of the 19-kilometer bridge.

Planet Labs Inc. / AFP / Scanpix / LETA On the morning of October 8, a truck exploded on the bridge between Russia and Crimea. The explosion damaged one side of the car bridge. On the railway bridge (which runs above the car bridge) a train hauling fuel tanks caught fire. The fire was extinguished within a few hours. On a satellite photo distributed by Planet Labs PBC, smoke was visible from the tanks burning on the bridge.

Planet Labs Inc. / AFP / Scanpix / Leta on the morning of October 8 on the Crimean bridge, a truck exploded . The explosion damaged one of the branches of the automobile part of the bridge. On the railway part (trains along the bridge are traveling above vehicles) tanks with fuel lit up. The fire managed to put out only a few hours later. In a satellite picture widespread by Planet Labs PBC. Smoke from the tanks burning on the bridge is visible.

Subscribe to our YouTube by the evening of October 8 on the Crimean bridge, where a truck exploded at about 6:00 Moscow time, the traffic was resumed, and cars were launched on a surviving branch of the automobile bridge. How much the explosion damaged the bridge, it will become clear after a thorough examination. See what the moment of the explosion looked like and what happened after it.

The FSB will be responsible for ensuring protection of the Crimean Bridge, according to a decree on “strengthening security measures for transport across the Kerch Strait.” According to the same decree, the FSB is empowered to “organize and coordinate defense measures” over two other key infrastructure elements – a power transmission line from Russia to the annexed peninsula, and the main gas pipeline from the Krasnodar region to Crimea.

The Russian Ministry of Transport says train traffic is now allowed on the bridge between Russia and Crimea, where a train caught fire around 6:00am on October 8. The ministry published a video of a test train with 15 cars successfully crossing the bridge. A dozen passenger trains are scheduled to cross the bridge overnight. Video of a test train crossing the bridge between Russia and Crimea Follow Meduza in English on Twitter to stay up to date.

The FSB will be responsible for ensuring the security of the Crimean bridge. This is stated in the decree "On strengthening measures to protect the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait", which was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Russian news outlet Baza has shared a video from a man who says he is the owner of the truck which was blown up on the bridge between Crimea and Russia early this morning. The man introduces himself as Samir Yusubov, born in 1996. According to Yusubov the truck is registered to him but operated by his father’s cousin. Samir Yusubov himself is currently abroad, according to Baza. “I, Samir Yusubov, have no connection to events on the Crimean bridge,” he says in the beginning of the clip.

Update: Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said that on October 9, car traffic on the Crimean bridge will be launched in two lanes. While the movement of vehicles is organized in reverse mode on one lane. On the Crimean bridge, where the explosion occurred on the morning of October 8, the movement of vehicles and trains was resumed.

The explosion on the bridge between Crimea and Russia was an operation of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), reports Ukrainian Pravda, citing a source in law enforcement. The Ukrainian Independent News Agency (UNIAN) reported the involvement of the SBU, citing its own source in law enforcement. The Ukrainian security service has made no official announcement about responsibility for the explosion.

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Update: Sergey Aksyonov, head of annexed Crimea, announced on Telegram that car and bus travel has resumed on the bridge between Russia and Crimea. Vehicles approaching the bridge must undergo a “full inspection procedure.” Trucks are not allowed on the bridge at the moment and will have to use the ferry across the Kerch Strait. The local passenger train operator reports that the first trains which use the bridge have departed from Crimea.

The first trains after the explosion on the Crimean bridge are planned to be launched by 20:00 Moscow time on October 8, Interfax reports with reference to the Russian Ministry of Transport. “Currently, an initial assessment of the state of the infrastructure of the railway part of the Crimean bridge has been carried out with a view to the possibility of passing trains.

Footage of the explosion on Putin's flagship bridge Follow Meduza on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel . On the morning of October 8, a freight truck exploded on the only bridge linking Russia and Crimea. The blast caused three spans of the bridge’s automobile section to collapse and multiple fuel cisterns to ignite. The bridge is now closed to car and train traffic.