Ferry crossing service between Crimea and Kuban suspended
Due to the span destruction on the Crimean Bridge, the operation of the ferry crossing between the occupied peninsula and the Russian Krasnodar Krai has been stopped, and the movement of trains on the bridge has also been temporarily suspended.
Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency TASS, citing the authorities of the Temryuksky district in Krasnodar Krai
Quote: "The operation of the ferry crossing between Crimea and Kuban has been stopped."
Details: In addition, according to TASS, railway transport movement across the Crimean Bridge has been temporarily stopped.
Added at 07:55. Later, Sergey Aksyonov, the Russian-appointed Head of occupied Crimea, said that the movement of railway transport across the Kerch Strait would be resumed by 09:00, and that information on the ferry crossing service operation would also be established by 09:00.
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Background:
- On the night of 16-17 July, Sergey Aksyonov reported that an "emergency situation" had happened on the Crimean Bridge and that traffic was suspended.
- Russian Telegram channels reported that a span of the bridge had "collapsed".
- According to the Astra Telegram channel, at least two explosions were heard before the "collapse" of the Crimean bridge span.
- Veniamin Kondratiev, Governor of the Russian Krasnodar Krai, called on residents of the region to refrain from travelling across the Crimean Bridge.
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