‘Truck bomb’ hits Russian bridge to Crimea

Ukrainian firefighters work among debris following a Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, early Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. A series of explosions have rocked the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv, sending towering plumes of illuminated smoke in the sky and triggering a series of secondary explosions. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A truck bomb has caused a fire and the collapse of a section of a bridge linking Russia with Crimea, according to Russian authorities.

The 12-mile bridge across the Kerch Strait is a key supply route for Moscow’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine.