CNN —An “emergency incident” has been reported on the Crimean Bridge, halting traffic on the only link between the annexed peninsula and Russia, a Moscow-backed official said Monday. Sergey Aksenov, the Russia-appointed head of Crimea, did not specify the nature of the incident. Last October, a huge blast partially damaged the bridge, causing parts of it to collapse. The nearly 12-mile bridge, also known as the Kerch Bridge, is the longest in Europe and carries both road and rail traffic. It holds huge strategic and symbolic importance for Russia, which built the 19-kilometer bridge at a cost of around $3.7 billion after Moscow illegally annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014.

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Persons: Sergey Aksenov, Russian Federation Vitaly Savelyev, ” Aksenov, Igor Mikhailichenko, Aksenov, Vladimir Putin’s, Hanna Maliar Organizations: CNN, Transport, Russian Federation, Ministers Locations: Russia, Moscow, Crimea, Republic of Crimea, Kerch, Europe, Crimean, Ukraine