Crimean Bridge attack leaves two dead, damages key Russian supply line

Traffic on the bridge connecting Crimea to mainland Russia, which serves as a vital supply line in the country’s invasion of Ukraine, was halted Monday after an attack on the bridge left two dead and at least one injured.

The governor of Crimea announced the bridge, which spans the Kerch Strait, was closed Monday morning but did not specify a reason. Crimea’s parliament chairman Vladimir Konstantinov said the incident was intentional and blamed it on Ukraine’s "terrorist regime."

In the Krasnodar region, located to the bridge’s east, a Russian health ministry official said two people were killed in an unspecified accident on the bridge. The daughter of the deceased was injured.

"The girl was injured," Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on the Telegram messaging app. "The hardest thing is that her parents died, dad and mum. No words can calm the pain of loss here."