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Huge explosion on bridge linking Russia with Crimea; 7 oil tankers on fire
short by Ankush Verma / on Saturday, 8 October, 2022
A fire sparked by a truck bomb has broken out on a key road and rail bridge linking Russia to Crimea. "A truck bomb exploded, setting fire to seven oil tankers being carried by rail to Crimea," Russian news agencies said. Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled the bridge in 2018, after Crimea was annexed from Ukraine in 2014.