The bodies of two victims, a man and a woman, have already been recovered from the water and their identities are being established,” the committee said in a statement. “They are believed to be passengers of a car that was near the truck that exploded. Three people have been found dead so far as the result of the truck explosion, Russia’s Investigative Committee said. “As a result, two lanes partially collapsed.” People watch fuel tanks ablaze on the Kerch bridge in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, Octo “According to preliminary information, this morning on the automobile part of the Crimean bridge from the side of the Taman Peninsula, a truck was blown up, which caused seven fuel tanks to ignite on a train heading towards the Crimea peninsula,” the committee said. The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the Duma, called it “an act of war” as the country’s investigative committee said on Saturday it had “initiated a criminal case in connection with the incident on the Crimean bridge,” adding that “a truck was blown up”.

A key bridge linking the Crimean peninsula with mainland Russia has been partially destroyed in a truck explosion, Russian media reported, putting at risk a key supply route for Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine.

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