rail traffic across crimea has also been suspended. the ukrainian army has taken responsibility for the attack, saying, ukrainian defence forces destroyed an oil depot and warehouse of the russian army in the temporarily occupied 0ktiabrske in crimea. here s the ukrainian president. translation: the crimean bridge, today, this is not i just a logistical road. this is the road used to feed the war with ammunition. and this is being done on a daily basis the militarisation of the crimean peninsula. therefore, for us, it s an understandable enemy object which was built outside the law, outside international law and all norms respectively. and that is why it is our objective. any target bringing war not peace must be neutralised.
it s certainly not what we re hearing from downing street and the message there is, yes, we need a sharper agenda in the months to come. they re really going to try and sort of distinguish themselves from labour on things like migrant boats and transgender rights and the like. but rishi sunak is convinced that that result shows he s on the right track with what he s doing, and that next general election, probably next year, is still up for grabs. russia s proxy governor in occupied crimea has said an ammunition depot in the centre of the peninsula has been hit in an attack by ukrainian drones. he said people within a radius of five kilometres were being evacuated. rail traffic across crimea has been suspended. the ukrainian army has taken responsibility for the attack. saying ukrainian defence forces destroyed an oil depot
good morning, everyone. from washington, d.c. abby phillip is here. carlos alcaraz almost broke his wimbledon trophy with us. let s move on. five things you need to know. breaking this morning, ukraine attacks a crucial bridge connecting russia to crimean peninsula, rail traffic is still moving but road traffic has stopped. ukrainian intelligence officials said that it damage will hurt rush sa. another brutal weekend, more than 1700 flights cancelled yesterday the faa blaming it on storms, severe storms the philadelphia suburbs also hit especially hard. a top investigator in the gilgo beach serial killings describing the suspect as a quote, demon. they continue to gather evidence and they have more human remains
ukraine made a rare admission that it was behind the attack on the critical bridge in russian-occupied crimea. the bridge is the only link between the land and russia. it has become a vital crossing for russia between crimea and russia and also to provide crimea with all sorts of supply. russia says severe damage to the roadway, but this morning, we have learned that the rail traffic across the bridge is moving. we will get the latest from alex marquardt who is in odessa, ukraine, and what are you learning about the attack and where things go from now? well, certainly the question now is how is russia going to respond? they are going to take this very seriously for the reasons that you laid out. the two reasons that it is hugely important logistically, and symbolically, because this is a huge project of vladimir putin when he annexed crimea. he drove a truck across this
annexation of crimea back in 2014. he was there for the opening. he drove a truck across that bridge. we saw him meeting with senior russian officials. he called this a terrorist attack echoing what we heard today from different ministries. he highlighted the fact that the attack killed two russians. they were parents of a young child. that child has now been orphaned and he did say that this attack by drone did severely damage the bridge. it caused significant damage that temporarily halted both car and train traffic the rail traffic is back up the railways are back up and running. i want to show you some new satellite imagery. i think you got it. that we just got in. you can see closely the damage that was done to the roadway on the bridge.