Moscow announced Saturday that a truck explosion ignited a huge fire and severely damaged the key Kerch bridge — built as Russia’s sole land link with annexed Crimea — and vowed to find the perpetrators without immediately blaming Ukraine.
Russia said the blast set ablaze seven oil tankers transported by train and collapsed two car lanes of the giant road and rail structure.
Dramatic social media footage showed the bridge on fire with parts plunging into the water.
“Today at 6:07 am (0307 GMT) on the road traffic side of the Crimean bridge … a car bomb exploded, setting fire to seven oil tankers being carried by rail to Crimea,” Russian news agencies cited the national anti-terrorism committee as saying.
