While we try to find out more about what’s happening in Crimea, here’s a bit more from the ISW analysis that I mentioned earlier. It also became a major supply route for Russian forces after Moscow invaded Ukraine last year The bridge is crucial for the supply of fuel, food and other products to Crimea, where the port of Sevastopol is the historic home base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. It consists of a separate roadway and railway, both supported by concrete stilts, which give way to a wider span held by steel arches at the point where ships pass between the Black Sea and the smaller Azov Sea The 19-km (12-mile) bridge over the Kerch Strait is the only direct link between the transport network of Russia and the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014 Train services across the bridge will resume by 9am local time (0600 GMT), the Russia-installed governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, has said, while further updates will be given on ferry services to Kuban, in KrasnodarĪksyonov also said law enforcement agencies would be giving more information about the causes of the “incident” by 9am The incident could be an act of provocation by Moscow, Natalia Humeniuk, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s southern military command, has said, claiming that such events are a “typical way of solving problems by authorities of Crimea and the aggressor country” Reuters and the Guardian are not able to verify this report (0004 GMT) and 03:20 a.m, according to Reuters. Russia’s Grey Zone channel, a heavily followed Telegram channel affiliated with the Wagner mercenary group, reported that there had been two strikes on the bridge at 03:04 a.m. The road has been damaged near the Crimean end of the bridge, Russia’s Ministry of Transport has said, but it did not confirm reports that the pillars supporting the bridge had been damaged Two people, a mother and father, have been killed and their daughter injured in an “emergency” on the Crimean bridge linking the peninsula with the Russian region of Krasnodar, Russian authorities say If you’re just joining us, here’s a quick summary of what we know so far about the incident in Crimea: 06.37 BST What we know so far about the Crimea bridge 'emergency'
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