A key bridge linking the Crimean peninsula with mainland Russia has been partially destroyed in a truck explosion, Russian media reported, putting at risk a key supply route for Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the Duma, called it “an act of war” as the country’s investigative committee said on Saturday it had “initiated a criminal case in connection with the incident on the Crimean bridge,” adding that “a truck was blown up”.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports from Moscow.
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This war has exposed the hypocrisy of EU leaders. They roam in pack.
Boohoo! Where are the nukes?! This was just a test, Ukrainian’s are blowing bridges left right and center.
A suicide bomber
How do you know that so early in the investigation? Were you involved in the planning? This could be many things from a breach of regulations for the carriage of dangerous goods, which has happened a number of times during peacetime in Russia, to a remotely activated bombing, such as happened to Darina Dugina, to a suicide bombing. Too many people are jumping straight to the easy explanation without carrying out a proper investigation to eliminate all other possible causes.
This is a good development. Why is there still bridge joining the two countries together? It shouldn’t be. Relationship should be cut off. Stupid Puttin, may you be disgraced and perished like pharaoh perished when he failed to let the Israelites go. Your end shall come soon
Movement is now restored, one part of bridge remained. Reverse movement has started. Railroad bridge was tested, it will be operational too in no time.
Bahaha! Is that what your Russian propaganda is telling you?
Great show by Ukraine..
Why risk nuclear war over nothing
Are you kidding? This makes Russia’s position in the south even more vulnerable. Logistic were a problem before. With a cut supply line, things just went from bad to worse.
How many deaths? Was there a driver? 😢
3
Oh dear, how sad, never mind! Who gives a hoot what Putin calls it! The man is deluded, off his rocker, mad as a hatter, daft as a brush, one screw loose, a bottle short of a six pack.
Hahahahahaha,,”every finger of accusation “”its just as likely home grown anti putin forces placed a small thermite bomb on the train,,with overwhelming good results,,
Not an explosion but a special bridge operation
Who is terrorist btn Russian and Ukraine?
Happy Birthday Putler! CRY-ME-A RIVER! 🤣
hope no one was hurt but putin alone.
Unfortunately there are 3 fatalities according to Russian sources.
Russian authorities say the destroyed bridge spans will be replaced very quickly …… they are shipping Putin’s meeting table to the Crimea bridge right now!
If Russia wanna win then it must find out all these sabotagers and backstabbers and hang them immediately ….bcoz these kind of incidents doesn’t happent by accident or mistake in times of war
How can it be a declaration of war on russia when Crimea is not russia its Ukraine
It was just a special operation. Nothing to see here
Imagine if west bridge explode,of course many terrorist here blame islam do that.if u blow up civilian bridge,thats is temporarily victory for u, before tranform to barren ground ?
The Russian responder said “ it was a work of war” ! Of course it was you dumb s* it !
It’s not a strike. It’s a special firework operation…
Mossad job
Is anyone else terrified of Putin using this as the excuse to launch nuclear weapons on Ukraine, and NATO as they are bound to retaliate in kind due to international treaty and law?
An act of war on Russia ! These people are so thick it’s a wonder they can dress themselves.
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Still too early to say if it was Ukraine operation or internal Russian secret services job. Specially since there is a unverified information on arrests of some military officials in Russian capital today.
It is way to early to even consider it to be a deliberate act. There have been spontaneous explosions of trucks and rail cargoes in Russia before as the result of lax enforcement of dangerous goods transport regulations so the first thing that needs to be eliminated is accidental explosion. If they find evidence it was not accidental then they need to look at all possible scenarios for who could be responsible and there are a lot of possibilities. As well as Ukraine and a possible false flag operation it could be a lone wolf attack, the Free Russian Army who claimed responsibility for the Darina Dugina car bombing, Chechen independence movements, Ingush independence movements, Kuban independence movements (particularly as the Russian side of the bridge is in the Kuban), anti-mobilization groups, and many more.
If Russia goes home, the attacks will stop.
Can READ US, ALLIES AND PUPPET SELENSKY ALL OVER. CRIMEA SURE AN ACCIDENT LIKE THOUSAND OF “ACCIDENTS” only happening in RUSSIA territories. Call it US SABOTAGE
of course taking out the bridge two sections would cause enormous problems for Russia other than the fact that they have bridging vehicles just like the US that’s capable of being put there permanently until the bridge is rebuilt so no problems or delays will actually happen but keep thinking your lies
This is a response to the act of war that Russia started last February against Ukraine. Ridiculous “wordspeak” by Russia.
Putin calls this terrorism against Russia but Putin’s invading of Ukraine, destroying, murdering and killing, is a “Special Military Operation”. Let’s call this some “special fireworks” for Putin’s 70th then. Putin simply needs to leave Ukraine.
Payback for the sabotaged gas pipes
Russian Orcs are running away like headless chickens.
Go sign up now all big mouths and give your life for Puny Putin 😁😆
yipppeeee love this boom. it set the oil tanker train ablaze too? was it a suicide bomb truck? hard to tell
This will not cause nuclear war, Putin opened that door already and he would have used nukes when it suits him anyways. Only thing here is Putin cannot justify using nukes because of this. In truth use of nukes cannot be justified except if nukes were used on you on home soil. So nukes are the be and stay a deterrent only and Putin will forever be hated for using a nuke. Don’t conflate this with WW2 like Putin. WW2 had the USA as sole nuclear armed. Today you can have 4 or 5 nuclear armed powers involved at the drop of a hat.
So beautiful I cried.
Make Russia History.
Please get the leader of Ukraine out of here the dude is a communist puppet I feel so bad for the Ukrainian people
This is the Power of America
The Greatest Military in the world….!
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It was a special de-bridging operation.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥ 💪
They are in a war with them. Idiots.
Laziness will not catch game,
human diligence – a precious resource.
Job well done!!!
Justice for Russia
A friend in the Russian army close to this area has phoned me and said this was damaged by Russian troops as a push back against Putin.
I can’t wait till all of Ukraine falls inshallah it will happen, we know all about ur dirty games in Ukraine and all those that come from Ukraine who are doing damage in other countries. The day it became a Russian land again I will marker on my calendar and it’ll be my own little holiday.
after just some hours ppl talked about zelonsky and peace prize , and a mercenary law would say bridges are not cannons , and is unrule to endanger someones life , yes u destroy a cannon but not a bridge , ofc ukraine did it. also to ukraine lunatics , u just beat yourself , ur a disgrace.
Happy birthday Vlad! Here’s you birthday gift.
SLAVA UKRAINI from Vietnam
I would have order enough nukes to wipe Ukraine off the map by now if I were in Putin’s shoes. Putin deserves credit for not taking drastic actions.
Russia already burned their bridges with Ukraine since 2014
How many civilians died?
“Since the end of WW2, the United States has overthrown or has attempted to overthrow more than 50 governments, mostly democracies. It has interfered in democratic elections in 30 countries. It has dropped bombs on the people of 30 countries, mostly poor and defenceless. USA has attempted to murder the leaders of 50 countries, and fought to suppress liberation movements in 20 countries.” Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Special cleanup operation. Clearly they’re running out of tanks
Russian officials should arrest Putin and use him as a bargaining chip to save themselves.
Happy birthday Putin. Hope you like the present 🙂
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Vladimir Zalansky play with Fire or He Became Mental
That look like special operation on bridge and it’s legit because the bridge is illegally build and need demolition
They are going to use Putins long presidential table to repair the bridge
Who told Russia that they can build a bridge in Ukrainian territory
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“Act of war on Russia.”, that’s a ridiculous statement.
Special Birthday Celebration 🔥 🌉🔥
I’ve heard that there’s a new COVID-19 strain in Europe. . that’s a heavy hitter like the first one.. hopefully it spreads to Russia and Ukraine
Checkout 0:07 Lower Right hand side in the water, Two waves, like two Boats or something, just before the explosion.
jus two sections of prefrb concrete, very quick fix.
⛏ Crimea Bridge is falling down, Falling down. My dear Putin! 😂
It is a fantastic day! 💛💙 Slava Ukraine!
I watched several times on slow playback, I doubt it was the truck. There are secondary explosions and the aftermath shows multiple points where it broke off. I’m thinking some kind of sabotage, the waves under the bridge just before the explosion are interesting.
This is karma don’t you think?
The end of evil Russia is near! 😀🤘🏻🙏
I’m only going to say this once. If anyone endorses this terrorist act you’re a terrible person. People died on that bridge. Acts of terror have no place in warfare, and attacking civilian structures when not in active battle in the region is completely against the rules of land warfare. It doesn’t matter if the other side engages in these tactics; the side that wants legitimacy can’t stoop to their level. If Ukraine was responsible for this atrocity then I hope they lose this war as they have no credibility at this point. There are no heroes or victims in war; only villains and perpetrators. You want to defend your home that’s fine, but don’t resort to terrorism to do it as you will become the same scum that invaded your home.
It wasn’t an attack. It was a special smoking operation. 🥳
The invasion and annexation of Crimea was illegitimate & an international crime. The construction of the bridge linking Crimea to Russia likewise illegitimate & an international crime. The world cannot give in to international thugs. That bridge will, quite rightly, come down. Russians living & working in Crimea are illegal occupiers in a war zone. They take their chances.
Love it 😍
Wait for the next missile to hit the middle section.
Hurrah hurrah rah rah rah
To the satanic Duma,who cares what you call it,war,special operation, or whatever yap yap,you hooboos asked for this.
Wish granted.
The apocalypse is coming in Crimea, better brace yourselves.
1,2,3, hurrah🤡💀☠️😈
Terrorist attack? Then Russia is Terrorist Country itself. Their God named Putin is criminal.
Attacking Ukraine is an act of war!!!
Internal (Russian) sabotage cannot be ignored when there is an increasing Russian revolt against Putin. Russian propaganda will just blame Ukraine, regardless of the findings of their investigations. If I was a Russian in Crimea, I’d be packing my bags and scooting out of there now.
I love how they never hesitate throwing out the archived “handshake” videos of Putin. He was nowhere near that place at this time.
Putin fanboys are on their knees, praying for the biggest war crime possible: A nuclear strike. Absolutely bloodthirsty zombies, angry that Reality is caving in on them…
Kerch bridge was sabotaged by the russian FSB in order to cover up the fiasco of the mobilisation.
Putin The great 🥰😎🥵🥵🥵💪💪
It is just a special Transportation Operation.
Which thing is worse, invade or terror act?.
Great job
Now nuke Kremlin please
Long live Ukraine 🙂
Next…Kremlin Red square, and St Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow. 🏴🏴☠️
This is creating more conflicts and troubles, Russia will definitely have more revenge, the Ukrainian president is a rotten person, the sinner who plunged his country into war.
Russia, could it be the same culprit that sabotage Nord Stream Pipeline?
Could this be done by the same saboteurs on the Pipelines?
Im kinda sad too see vehicles crossing and then dissappear in smoke. Sure, the drivers know there’s a war going on, but if you have a family too feed
R.I.P Ukrain in advance 😂
Its a terror
just bomb ukraine..tats all 🤣😂
Damage is key word, more likely self sabotage- Russia false flag.
If the bridge was destroyed on both ends, then maybe not Russia false flag
Except it wasn`t a truck but the whole bridge structure from beneath was dynamited from a boat.
Ukraine shouldn’t have done that, after all, the war isn’t all Russians’ fault as well as it isn’t all Ukrainians’ fault either.
Innocent people might have been killed because of this, and even if Russia did worse before, that doesn’t make it right.
And all they’re doing is flaming the fire even more, in the end it only makes it worse.
I am on neither side; I just want peace!
Russia, leave Ukraine alone! Ukraine, leave Russia alone!
Right before the blast you can see in slow motion there was a bright light on the bridge and truck still hadn’t exploded , how do you explain this ?