The location of the incident where the Crimea bridge exploded precisely occurred on the Kerch bridge in the Crimea region. Reported by Reuters, Saturday (8/10/2022) local time, the incident occurred when traffic on the bridge consisting of roads and railroad tracks was suspended. "A fuel tank caught fire on one part of the Crimea bridge," the Russian news agency, RIA, said in its report, citing a local official. The incident was quite shocking and quite disturbing to the security of the Russian region. (Wibawana, 2022)
Apabilas judging from security camera footage released on social media showed a truck allegedly driving from the Russian city of Krasnodar, about an hour's drive from the bridge westward across the bridge at the time of the explosion. Russian officials named Samir Yusubov, a 25-year-old man from Krasnodar, as the owner of the truck and his relative, Makhir Yusubov was the man who drove the truck. However, when examined closely, the vdeo footage showed that the truck had nothing to do with the explosion. (Adams, 2022)
Others say the explosion came from an unmanned ship On September 21, photos widely circulated on Russian social media showed a mysterious unmanned vessel stranded near a Russian naval base in the crimean city of Sevastopol. The ship resembled a large, closed black kayak, complete with sensors mounted on the bow and a white periscope-like device on it. According to local reports, the ship was towed towards the sea and blown up.
Some even say the blast was the result of infighting between different parts of Russia's security agencies.
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Why Can It Explode and Who is the culprit?
The cause of incident where the Crime bridge exploded was allegedly caused by a car bomb. This was conveyed by Russian authorities, as reported by AFP, Saturday, "Today, at 6:07 a.m. local time, on the side of street traffic on the Crimea bridge a car bomb exploded, burning seven fuel tanks transported by train to Crimea," Russia's national counterterrorism commission said, as quoted by Russian news agencies.
It is known that Russia kept the bridge safe during the war with Ukraine, and threatened to retaliate against Kyiv if it was attacked. Russian authorities did not directly blame Ukraine for the Crimea bridge blast, but the head of Russia's designated regional parliament in Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, blamed 'Ukrainian vandals' for the incident.
Separately, the Russian Commission of Investigation said it had 'begun an investigation into a criminal case related to the incident on the Crimea bridge'. The commission said that a truck exploded' on the bridge on Saturday local time, which sparked a fuel tank fire and damage to the Crimea bridge exploded. Â
Apabilas judging from security camera footage released on social media showed a truck allegedly driving from the Russian city of Krasnodar, about an hour's drive from the bridge westward across the bridge at the time of the explosion. Russian officials named Samir Yusubov, a 25-year-old man from Krasnodar, as the owner of the truck and his relative, Makhir Yusubov was the man who drove the truck. However, when examined closely, the vdeo footage showed that the truck had nothing to do with the explosion.
Others say the explosion came from an unmanned ship On September 21, photos widely circulated on Russian social media showed a mysterious unmanned vessel stranded near a Russian naval base in the crimean city of Sevastopol. The ship resembled a large, closed black kayak, complete with sensors mounted on the bow and a white periscope-like device on it. According to local reports, the ship was towed towards the sea and blown up.