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Russian President Vladimir Putin is ordering increased security for the Crimean bridge as infrastructure that supplies electricity and herbal fuel to Crimea.
Ukraine’s presidency says Russia intervened in Crimea bridge explosion
Rail traffic resumes on Crimean bridge via explosion (Russian operator)
Zaporizhzhia is one of the 4 regions of Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed in violation of foreign law. While the nuclear plant has been under Russian control for months, the city of the same call remains under Ukrainian control.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said the plant’s link to a 750-kilovolt line was cut around 1 a. m. on Saturday.
“Resuming shelling, hitting the plant’s only external source of force, is incredibly irresponsible. The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant will have to be protected,” the IAEA quoted its director, Rafael Grossi, as saying in a statement.
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of bombing the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant that destroyed buildings and threatened a catastrophic nuclear accident. The International Atomic Energy Agency is pushing to create a zone to prevent further bombing.
Crimea bridge reopens to traffic after explosion, Russian government says
An official in Kherson, one of the 4 regions of Ukraine annexed to Russia, announces partial evacuation of civilians
Russian Air Force leader appointed commander of all troops in Ukraine, Defense Ministry says
Russia: Three more killed in bridge explosion in Crimea
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has lost its last source of external force due to further bombing and is now based on emergency diesel turbines (IAEA)
Russian Defense Ministry: Russian troops in Mykolaiv, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia regions can receive full land and sea corridors
Kyiv’s reaction to the Crimean bridge explosion is ‘terrorist in nature’: Moscow
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday that Ukraine’s reaction to a massive explosion that devastated the bridge linking Crimea annexed to Moscow with the mainland showed the “terrorist nature” of Kyiv. “The reaction of the Kyiv regime to the destruction of civilian infrastructure, its terrorist nature. “ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Telegram.
Russia launches investigation into Crimea bridge explosion
Russia on Saturday opened a fraudulent investigation into an explosion that blew up a truck and severely broke a major bridge linking Crimea, annexed to Moscow, to the mainland,” adding that “a truck exploded. “component of the Crimean bridge on the Taman peninsula side, a truck exploded, causing the burning of seven fuel tanks in an exercise heading to the Crimean peninsula,” the committee said.
The chimney arrived here hours after explosions rocked the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Saturday, sending large plumes of smoke into the sky and triggering a series of secondary explosions.
The crossing point is a pair of road and rail bridges that Russia built after seizing and annexing Crimea from Ukraine in violation of the law in 2014.
Russian State News RIA reports burning fuel tank on Kerch bridge in Crimea
A burning fuel tank on the Kerch bridge in Crimea early Saturday, Russian state news company RIA reported, while Ukrainian media reported an explosion. “According to initial information, a burning fuel tank on one of the sections of the Crimean bridge, the expedition arches are not damaged,” RIA quoted a local official as saying. Traffic on the bridge was suspended. Ukrainian media reported that an explosion took place on the bridge around 6 a. m.
Ukrainian media report explosion on Kerch bridge
Putin celebrates low-key anniversary while riding in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated his 70th birthday with little fanfare and an executive order aimed at a key investment in Western energy, but there are signs that key elements of his invasion of Ukraine have collapsed and caused unprecedented grievances at home. News systems made brief references to Friday, and the celebrations were low-key, unlike just a week ago, when Putin staged a massive concert on Red Square to proclaim the annexation of nearly a fifth of Ukraine’s land.