Moscow is racing to restore transportation links to Crimea after an explosion damaged the bridge to the Russian mainland
Russian rockets slammed into the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia overnight as Moscow raced to restore transportation links to Crimea afterThe strikes on Zaporizhzhia killed at least 17 people and injured 40 others, according to Anatoly Kurtev, president of the city council. Dozens of apartment buildings were damaged or destroyed, and the death toll was expected to rise, authorities said.
Russia’s bridge to Crimea closed Saturday after a large explosion. Moscow says some traffic flow has since resumed.Officials in Moscow said transport links across the bridge were gradually being restored and that alternative means of moving essential supplies—such as ferry services—would be found. Russia also said it was restarting ferry service across the Kerch Strait separating Russia and Crimea to carry passengers and freight. Before the construction of the bridge, ferries were the main direct link connecting the two sides of the strait.
David MacKenzie, a senior technical director at COWI Holding A/S, a Denmark-based company that designs and builds some of the world’s largest and longest bridges, said it would take several months for Russia to be able to fully restore the damaged spans of the bridge.
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