Queue of cars has formed on Crimean Bridge and ferry crossing – Russian media
A traffic jam has formed due to damage to the Crimean Bridge on the peninsula side, and many cars are queuing for the ferry on the morning of 17 July. Source: Russian propaganda outlets RT and RIA Novosti; Russian Telegram channels; Russian Ministry of Transport Quote from RT: "Road traffic [on the Crimean Bridge] has been suspended, and local authorities are urging people to choose alternative routes."
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Advertisement: -- ?????????? ?????? ? (@ukrpravda_news) July 17, 2023Details: The Astra Telegram channel posted a video of the queue for the Kerch Strait ferry crossing. Its operations were suspended, but according to the Russian Ministry of Transport, the ferry resumed operation at 10:00.
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-- ?????????? ?????? ? (@ukrpravda_news) July 17, 2023The Russian Transport Ministry also published information about the situation on the Crimean Bridge as of 09:50. It is reported that the Crimean Bridge has been closed to traffic; drivers are being offered an "alternative road route" through the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
Recommended route from the Russian Ministry of TransportPHOTO FROM THE TELEGRAM OF THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
The Russian Ministry of Transport says rail services on the Crimean Bridge have resumed. The first train, No.
178 Simferopol-Moscow, which departed from the Kerch South (New Park) station at 08:34, has reportedly already crossed the Crimean Bridge. The occupiers said they were taking "all necessary measures" to reinstate the train schedule. Background:
- Sergey Aksyonov, so-called head of the Russian administration in occupied Crimea, said an "emergency" had occurred on the Crimean Bridge and the bridge has therefore been closed to traffic.
Russian Telegram channels have reported that a span on the bridge has collapsed.
- Ukrainska Pravda sources reported that the overnight attack on the Crimean Bridge was a special operation by the Security Service of Ukraine and the Naval Forces.
It was noted that the bridge was attacked using surface drones.
Later, the theory that two surface drones were used was also mentioned by the Russian propaganda outlet RIA Novosti, citing the National Anti-Terrorist Committee of the Russian Federation.
- Russian media have previously asserted that the Crimean Bridge is guarded from the sky by fighter jets and underwater by divers and "combat dolphins".
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