Fire on the bridge between Crimea and Russia, Putin orders an investigation
This morning a fuel storage tank has caught fire on Kerch bridgethat connects Crimea to Russia. This is what Tass reports, specifying that “the navigable arches of the viaduct have not suffered any damage”. Vehicle circulation suspended. “It is too early to talk about causes and consequences. Work is underway to extinguish the fire,” wrote Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the Russian government in Crimea on Telegram. Opened in 2018, the bridge is 19 kilometers long and is the longest in Europe. For the national committee Russian counter-terrorismthe fire was caused byexplosion of a truck.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the formation of a government commission to investigate the incident. The commission will also include i heads of the Krasnodar Region and Crimea, as well as officials from the National Guard, the Federal Security Service and the Ministry of the Interior. Local authorities have announced that by today a ferry service will be established The strait across to Kerch.
A tweet from Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, would seem to suggest responsibility on the part of Kiev: ” everything that was stolen must be returned to Ukraineeverything that belongs to the Russian occupation must be and banned. “
New Russian bombing meanwhile they have damaged the last communication line with the 750kV power supply system of the nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia, which is remained without electricity. The Ukrainian president Zelensky Speaking at the Prague Summit raised a new alarm: “We all are on the verge of a nuclear disaster due to the capture of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Russian troops “.