Moscow has since pursued a policy of integrating the peninsula through transport and infrastructure projects. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula after a controversial referendum. Ukraine, the EU and the US have all condemned the bridge connecting Russia to a peninsula they say is under illegal occupation. The road-and-rail bridge, built upon instructions by Putin, was inaugurated in 2018, while the railway bridge was opened two years later. The bridge allows Russia to maintain its strategic domain in Crimea and to put lasting economic and political pressure on Ukraine. The attack is considered a nasty blow to the Russian military prestige and supply chains for the invasion of the peninsula. It was a key transport link providing military materials to the Russian army deployed in southern Ukraine, as well as transporting forces to the area. It is a crucial logistical link for the Russian army. The bridge - a pair of parallel bridges, a road and a railroad - is a symbol of the annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prestige projects. It cost $3.7 billion and has a length of 19 kilometers (12 miles), making it the longest bridge built by Russia. The bridge, the longest in Europe, crosses the Kerch Strait on the Sea of Azov.
A huge explosion early Saturday hit the Kerch Bridge, a key supply route for Russia which was built after it annexed Crimea in 2014.Īn ensuing fire caused the suspension of traffic and bus and train services.
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