Article 64GKY Impact of Kerch bridge blast will be felt all the way to the Kremlin

Impact of Kerch bridge blast will be felt all the way to the Kremlin

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Peter Beaumont in Kyiv
from World news | The Guardian on (#64GKY)

Vladimir Putin opened road section in 2018 and Moscow had threatened reprisals if it was attacked

Twelve miles long and taller than the Statue of Liberty, the Kerch bridge to the occupied Crimean peninsular was the jewel in the crown of Vladimir Putin's infrastructure projects - described in the Russian media as the construction of the century".

When the Russian president opened its road span on 15 May 2018, driving an orange Kamaz truck across the bridge, he boasted of its significance.

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