Crimea bridge: Russian officials confirm three people killed in devastating explosion

Three people were killed in a devastating explosion on a crucial bridge linking Russia and Crimea, Russia says.

The blast occurred when a truck blew up on the bridge’s roadway at 6.07am on Saturday, according to Moscow’s investigative committee, and caused seven fuel tanker wagons to catch fire on a train passing on the upper level.

At least three sections of the road collapsed into the water below following the explosion, a route through which ships travel between the Black and Azov seas.

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[TheGadgetPanda]

You really need to explain to your video editors how YouTube works. In the video of the actual explosion, the first showing of the explosion is covered by pointless text and the second time around it's covered by the Youtube suggested popup and the and Indie's subscribe popup. In THIS video the actual text is covered by the Suggested / Subscribe popups. Explain to them when the pop-ups normally appear and what part of the screen is covered. That way they can do their jobs and not look like fools.

[davidbradford]

I told you to just blow the bloody doors off.

[SM-czod]

It is quite disturbing to see how much enjoyment some are getting from this war. Like your comment

[neilwavg]

Stupid pointless war, a sad old man's fantasy of glory.

[khuramr]

It’s strange to me how ppl are happy innocent ppl are killed just because they may have been Russian, this was a serious terrorist attack against civilian infrastructure, targeting innocent civilians.

[noghanson]

For every action, there is a reaction— sad, but true .

[CherylMotherofSeven]

You know it would be nice if we could read the Words on the screen, instead of seeing your Ad being in the way.

[russiandrivers]

Don't build bridges on other people's land

[robingraham]

Very little point in showing us your footage if it is hidden behind adverts? Get your act together.

[FMHikari]

For the love of god, use the DEAD SPACE on the sides for the text! Not the actual center where the video plays!

[jasonbond]

I’m no explosives expert, but pretty certain that was no truck explosion!

[ronmorgan]

Now get the Himars on the job Ukrainian stop that evil Russian Putin person Ron

[sieales]

Because of the damn pop ups I may have missed relevant information but the people killed are they confirmed to be civilians??
Obviously one of them would have been the driver of the bomb truck and if civilian lives were lost no matter if it was only 2, it’s still a damn shame!
However, this bridge is an obvious target of strategic value to take out, well done Ukraine.
Makes it harder for the Russians to send supplies into the conflict, good job.

[familiatrzy]

It was not that truck. Watch it at 25% speed and stop just before explosion. When the screen start going white from explosion the truck was still there.

[rvd]

After a explosion like that could there be bodies left? Asphalt shows no damage. Explosion was underneath the bridge. Probably a drone boat.

[JohnSmith-ighl]

If Ukrainian s did this why did they blow up fellow Ukrainians driving over at time..3 or 4 cars got blew

[yankj]

This is not an explosion its a Special Firework Operation from Ukraine to celebrate Putin's birthday.

[yhvhheshem]

All the people celebrating this are you sick in the head ? Nomatter what side your on atleast 3 people died in this moment regardless of what Russia has done prior, how about you show abit of respect for those 3 people atleast. Every war is tragic and soldiers and people caught in the crossfire are looked at as worthless trash to the likes of putin and you celebrating makes you the exact same thing . So don't celebrate anything to do with war you fools. If you feel that passionate why arent you fighting.

[wieslawpaleta]

This wasn't an explosion... it was a special fireworks operation

[GeekSTEM]

Thunderstorm will be coming! I feel quite worried about the worsening of the warfare and the security of the world...