'Crimea, the bridge, the beginning,' he wrote.

Ukraine's presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak earlier took to Twitter posting a picture of a long section of the bridge half-submerged. It is hugely important to the Kremlin and Moscow had maintained the bridge crossing was safe despite the fighting. The bridge, personally inaugurated by President Vladimir Putin in 2018, is a vital transport link for carrying military equipment to Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine.

a car bomb exploded, setting fire to seven oil tankers being carried by rail to Crimea,' Russian news agencies cited the national anti-terrorism committee as saying. 'Today at 6:07 am (0307 GMT) on the road traffic side of the Crimean bridge. Dramatic social media footage showed the bridge on fire with parts plunging into the water. Russia said the blast set ablaze seven oil tankers transported by train and collapsed two car lanes of the giant road and rail structure. Moscow announced Saturday that a truck explosion ignited a huge fire and severely damaged the key Kerch bridge - built as Russia's sole land link with annexed Crimea - and vowed to find the perpetrators without immediately blaming Ukraine.

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