Russian divers will examine on Sunday the damage caused by a powerful blast on Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea that hit a prestigious symbol of Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula and a key supply route to forces battling in southern Ukraine.
Saturday’s explosion on the bridge over the Kerch Strait prompted gleeful messages from Ukrainian officials but no claim of responsibility. Russia did not immediately assign blame.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said the divers would start work at 6 am (0300 GMT), with a more detailed survey above the waterline expected to be complete by day’s end, domestic news agencies reported.
