Two dead after explosions on Kerch Bridge linking Crimea and Russia
by Shaun Walker in Kharkiv, Emma Graham-Harrison and from World news | The Guardian on (#6D15K)
Only direct overland link damaged as Russia says it will pull out of UN-brokered grain deal
Twin explosions have damaged the Kerch Bridge connecting Crimea to mainland Russia, killing two people and closing the main conduit for Russian road traffic to the annexed peninsula.
The heavily guarded road and rail link is among the Kremlin's most important and high-prestige infrastructure projects, and the only overland link that goes directly from Russia to occupied Crimea.
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