The Crimean Bridge was temporarily closed, and Russian oil tankers hit the bridge | Crimea | Russian oil tankers
According to TASS Moscow on August 5th, according to the "Telegraph" social platform "Crimean Bridge" channel, car traffic on the Crimean Bridge has been restored.
At 23:26 Moscow time on the 4th, it was reported that the bridge was temporarily closed for passage.
Previously, Oleg Kreichkov, a leader and advisor to the Crimean region, posted on his Telegraph channel stating that the loud noise heard by residents of Kerch on the evening of the 4th had nothing to do with the Crimean Bridge. He said that an attack warning had been issued and the bridge will resume traffic once the warning is lifted.
The report states that the Novorossiysk Maritime Rescue Coordination Center reported that due to an attack by Ukrainian armed forces on the Kerch Strait, the engine compartment of an oil tanker was damaged, and the crew was unharmed and in a safe state. Two tugboats have arrived at the accident site, and the next step will be to solve the problem of towing the ship.
The Russian Sputnik News Agency also reported on the 5th that Oleg Kryuchkov, an adviser to the Crimean chief executive Sergei Akshonov, said that the Crimean bridge had not been directly attacked and there was no explosion nearby.
The road traffic of the Crimean Bridge was temporarily closed late at night. After midnight, Kryuchkov stated that he could not confirm online information about an explosion near the Crimean Bridge. He later said that the loud noise that occurred near Kerch had nothing to do with the Crimean Bridge.
According to Agence France Presse, a Russian oil tanker was attacked by a Ukrainian drone in the Kerch Strait, causing a temporary interruption of traffic on a strategically important bridge connecting Crimea and Russia.
Agence France Presse quoted TASS as saying that the oil tanker was damaged in the attack, and two tugboats have arrived at the scene.
TASS reported that there was no fuel leak on this oil tanker and there were 11 people on board.
Vladimir Rogov, an official appointed by Russia in the Zaporizhzhia region of southern Ukraine, said that several crew members on board were scratched by broken glass during the attack.
Rogoff wrote on "Telegram" software, "You can see the scene of oil tankers being bombed from the peninsula, and local residents think it's a settlement near the Crimean Bridge that exploded."
The report states that the bridge connecting the Crimean Peninsula and Russia has been interrupted for about three hours in traffic, and it has been restored on the morning of the 5th.
The maritime transportation website shows that the oil tanker is in a stationary state with tugboats nearby.
The latest attack in the Black Sea occurred a day after Ukraine claimed to have launched a strike on a Russian naval vessel at the Novorossiysk Naval Base in southern Russia.
Russia announced on the 4th that it has successfully repelled an attack attempted by the Ukrainian navy.