Russia announces it's scrapping deal that allows Ukraine to export grain after Crimean bridge attack
Footage showed the Kerch bridge, which connects mainland to Russia to the peninsula, had been heavily damaged.
The agreement was struck to allow cargo ships to carry grain from Ukraine's fields and over the Black Sea without being attacked by Russia's military.Putin's navy had imposed a blockade though found this hard to do as ships came under attack, leading to the humiliating sinking of the flagship Moskva.
The bridge was opened to Kremlin fanfare in 2018. The crossing, which has a road and rail line, has been used by the military to supply the peninsula and its forces in southern Ukraine.Explosions, believed to have been a drone strike, damaged the road section.The victims have been identified as a Russian mother and father from the Belgorod region, according to the area's governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Experts have suggested a key part of Kyiv's counter attack strategy would be to isolate Crimea, both by attacking this link and the land bridge Putin's army has carved out in occupied south east Ukraine.
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