Crimea bridge: Fire and smoke seen after reports of an explosion

There are reports of a massive explosion on a bridge connecting occupied Crimea in Ukraine to the Russian mainland.

Widely shared images show a train on the Kerch rail bridge ablaze, with the adjacent road bridge appearing to have sustained damage.

Russian state media said a fuel tank is on fire, without specifying a cause.

The bridge was opened by President Putin in 2018 as the only land link to Crimea from Russia. Moscow had illegally annexed the region four years earlier.