Moscow on Thursday announced the complete resuming to road traffic of the questionable Crimea Bridge, which has actually been closed and under repair work considering that it was terribly damaged in a surge in October.The announcement came on the eve of the very first anniversary of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, with both Moscow and Kyiv eager to control the story and job images of victory.Moscow has actually constantly blamed Kyiv for the attack on the bridge, which links the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula to mainland Russia and is understood to be an eminence project for Russian President Vladimir Putin personally.
Kyiv has actually always rejected its involvement in the attack, nevertheless.
All lanes of the Crimean bridge are fully open to automobile traffic 39 days ahead of schedule, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin stated, according to his press service.On Telegram, Khusnullin stated the resuming was a huge gift for Defender of the Fatherland Day, the public vacation honoring the militaries being celebrated in Russia on Thursday.
Khusnullin included that considering that the October surge repair had been carried out round-the-clock by a crew of 500 workers.The Russian federal government had ordered the bridge to be repaired by July 2023.
Repair work on the railway part of the bridge-- likewise called the Kerch bridge-- are ongoing, Khusnullin said.The bridge-- which cost $3.7 billion to develop and was personally inaugurated by Putin in 2018-- is an important link for supplying military equipment to Russian soldiers combating in Ukraine.The October blast that partly damaged the bridge likewise left three people dead.