The Largest Bridge In Europe, Which Connects Russia To Crimea Blows Up, Media Says It Was A Tanker Truck, Video Shows Explosion Under Bridge

An explosion on Saturday morning hit a controversial bridge linking Crimea with Russia, causing it to partially collapse.

The blast happened at around 6 am local time, sparking a fire on several wagons of a train on the adjacent railway bridge.

At least three people are reported to have been killed, with Russian investigators suggesting that they were "probably" passengers of nearby cars.

The Ukrainian president’s top aide has warned this morning’s explosion on the Crimea bridge is “just the beginning”.

The media was quick to blame a truck exploding on the bridge but several videos show the explosions coming from below it, one seems to show a white object in the water moments before impact.

Posting a photo of the bridge engulfed by towering plumes of smoke and flames, Mykhailo Podolyak, tweeted: “Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled:”

Though Kyiv has not claimed responsiblity for the explosion- nor has the Kremlin officially apportioned blame- David Arakhamia, the leader of Volodymyr Zelensky’s party, said the explosion was a consequence of Moscow’s takeover of Crimea and Russia’s “illegal” empire.

He wrote on Telegram: “Russian illegal construction is starting to fall apart and catch fire. The reason is simple: if you build something explosive, then sooner or later it will explode,”