Crimea bridge appears damaged amid reports of explosions

The Russian-built Kerch Bridge, a key supply line for Russian troops in Ukraine, was damaged in an 'emergency' situation which killed two people and injured a child, Russian officials said on Monday.

Sergei Aksyonov, the Russia-installed governor in Crimea, said the incident occurred on the 145th pillar of the bridge, which links the Crimean peninsula to the Russian region of Krasnodar.

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[XD-crdu]

Looks like pretty extensive damage to be honest.

[zapfanzapfan]

Appears damaged? I can assure you it was not built that way...

[dvhqrhg]

Beautiful!
Now hit the rail section as well!

[WorksOnMyComputer]

How damaged does the bridge have to be before Guardian journalists will move their position from "Appears to be damaged" to "Likely to be damaged" or possibly "Shows signs of damage"?

[jpx]

Have a feeling this is going to be a persistent repair issue for Russia... and a cumulative wreckage project for Ukraine to persist with. Until the bridge is beyond repair.

[jlxi]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer bridge. Would look even nicer if the whole thing was in the water.

[tvgerbil]

It has not met Ukrainian building regulations.

[paulmartin]

Fantastic, has improved the structure, Viability and improved the looks hooray. Well done

[Daily_Llama]

It “appears” the media has lost it's mother lovin collective mind? Can we just say what we see & stop with the idiocratic vagueness because this bridge doesn't appear to be damaged, IT IS DAMAGED.

[haymaker]

They're going to hit the bridge a third time soon.

[stanfordmbizo]

There is no special operation with huge consequences like this one. Welcome to war. That bridge should be completely destroyed.

[viderethevaccinatorfromhol]

Mmm not enough. Let's send another one.

[xRoseWitchx]

It looks to be damaged?!?! It's totally damaged!!!! Unless somebody is driving a submarine that bridge does not work for half of those travellers 🤦‍♀️

[Argosh]

I like the Ukrainian way of exterior decoration.

[rebelcrusader]

Nah... It still needs a couple for more detonations, which I hope the bridge will get.

[heinzjacobs]

Because this bridge lacks an official building permit, it’s deconstruction was preprogrammed

[YouTubemessedupmyhandle]

Putin’s bridge is falling down, falling down…

[edgarthepeaceful]

There was a family killed on this bridge. Why none of the news mentioned this?

[tvtothepoint]

Appears to be a "special bridge reassignment operation"

[electronicfarts]

This will not be up and running anytime soon. This is significant damage. The surviving structure around it is compromised too