Russians block traffic on Crimean Bridge
On the night of 11-12 August, Russian propagandists reported that traffic on the Crimean Bridge had been blocked and then restored.
Source: RIA Novosti, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet; Krymsky Veter (Crimean Wind), a local Telegram channel
Quote: "Traffic on the Crimean Bridge is temporarily blocked."
Details: Russian occupiers did not provide reasons for this decision.
Later in the night, Krymsky Veter reported that there had been explosions in Novoozerne.
Update at 03:17: RIA Novosti reported that traffic on the Crimean Bridge had been restored.
Background:
- On the morning of 17 July, Sergey Aksyonov, the so-called head of the Russian-occupied Crimea, reported that an "emergency" had occurred on the Crimean Bridge and that traffic on the bridge was suspended. Russian TV channels reported that a span of the bridge had "collapsed".
- Ukrainska Pravda sources reported that the nighttime attack on the Crimean Bridge was a special operation by the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Navy. It was noted that the bridge was attacked using uncrewed surface vessels. Later, the version about two uncrewed surface vessels was also stated by RIA Novosti, citing the National Anti-Terrorist Committee of the Russian Federation.
- Earlier, the Russian media reported that the Crimean Bridge was guarded by fighter jets from the sky and divers and fighting dolphins underwater.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Crimean bridge is a legitimate target for Ukraine, as the occupiers use it to transport weapons. He added that this target should be "neutralised".
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