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Explosion Damaged Crimean Bridge, Russian supply route to Ukraine

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A powerful explosion seriously damaged Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea on Saturday in the morning  at 06:07.

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The explosion, on the sole bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, disrupted an important supply line for Russian troops and handed an embarrassing blow to the Kremlin.

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Seven fuel cars of a passing railway train also ignited, causing an extensive fire on the parallel rail bridge, and two half-sections of the road bridge collapsed.

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Russian state media reported that a truck caused the explosion.

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Two sections of the road bridge fell into the waters below. Three deaths were reported. 

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By order of Putin, a special commission was created to investigate the circumstances of the explosion.

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According to the Investigative Committee of Russia, three people died as a result of the explosion, including a man and woman in a car next to the truck.

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