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Automobile Traffic Reopens On Part Of Bridge Linking Russia To Crimea


An explosion in October caused heavy damage to sections of the Crimean Bridge, which links Russia to the Ukrainian peninsula.
An explosion in October caused heavy damage to sections of the Crimean Bridge, which links Russia to the Ukrainian peninsula.

Two-way traffic has been restored on a Russian-built bridge that connects Russia to the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014. An explosion believed to be from a truck bomb caused heavy damage to road and railway sections of the bridge in October. The attack infuriated the Kremlin. Ukrainian officials have not said who carried it out. Russian state television channel Rossia-24 showed video of President Vladimir Putin driving a vehicle across the bridge. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.

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