The $5.3 billion bridge is the longest in Europe and is crucial for Russia's military operations in southern Ukraine in the nearly 17-month-old war. 9News
Vehicle traffic on the Kerch Bridge came to a standstill, while rail traffic across the 19-kilometre span also was halted for about six hours.In this handout photo taken from video released by the Investigative Committee of Russia on Monday, investigators work at an automobile link of the Crimean Bridge connecting the Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait.
The Kerch Bridge is a conspicuous symbol of Moscow's claims on Crimea and an essential land link to the peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014. Russian media identified the dead as Alexei and Natalia Kulik, who were travelling to Crimea for a summer vacation. The 40-year-old Kulik was a truck driver and his 36-year-old wife was a municipal education worker. Their 14-year-old daughter suffered chest and brain injuries.
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia's Security Council, returned to that theme Monday, calling the Ukrainian government a "terrorist organisation".
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