- A deadly blast sparked a fire on Saturday and caused massive damage to the Kerch Bridge that links Russia to Crimea.
- Moscow illegally annexed the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia at the end of September, through which it aims to connect Crimea to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where pro-Russian separatists have waged an insurgency against Kyiv since 2014.
- Damaging the Kerch Bridge holds significant symbolic value for Kyiv, which has pledged to retake the Crimean Peninsula from Russia, along with all other Ukrainian territory currently occupied by Russian forces.
Why is the Kerch Bridge important for Russia and Ukraine? 08.10.2022
