Jul 17 (Reuters) – Traffic has been halted on the Russian-built Crimean bridge linking the Crimean peninsula with Russia’s Krasnodar region due to an “emergency” situation, Russian-installed Governor Sergei Aksyonov wrote in the Telegram messaging app early Monday.
Aksyonov said that the emergency occurred on the 145 pillar of the Krasnodar Territory bridge. He did not provide further details.
The RBC-Ukraine news agency reported that explosions were heard on the bridge.
Russia’s Gray Zone channel, a widely followed Telegram channel affiliated with the Wagner mercenary group, reported that there were two attacks on the bridge at 03:04 a.m. (0004 GMT) and 03:20 a.m.
Reuters was unable to independently verify the reports.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Crimea was annexed by Russia to Ukraine in 2014, but is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.
The 12-mile (19 km) rail and road bridge was damaged by an explosion last October, in an attack the Kremlin said had been orchestrated by Ukrainian security forces. Ukraine only indirectly admitted to the attack months later.
Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Edited by Kim Coghill and Michael Perry
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