Crimea bridge resumes traffic after blast, Russian army leadership changed

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 09, 2022 1:04 pm

MOSCOW: Traffic resumed Saturday over a key bridge linking Russia with Crimea — seen as a symbol of the Kremlin's annexation of the peninsula — after it was partially destroyed by an explosion Moscow blamed on a truck bomb.

The Kremlin announced on the same day the appointment of a new general to lead its Ukraine offensive following a series of battlefield setbacks that triggered unprecedented criticism of its army at home.

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