Traffic on the Crimean Bridge was suspended due to an “emergency situation,” Russian-appointed officials said Monday, while Ukrainian media reported explosions on the bridge, Reuters reported. Russian-appointed governor Serhiy Aksyonov said the emergency occurred at Pier 145. bridge connecting the Crimean Peninsula with the Krasnodar region of Russia. He did not provide further details.

07:41 The death of the two parents of the injured child was confirmed by the Ministry of Health of the Krasnodar region in southern Russia, Reuters reports.

07:32Police on a bridge in Crimea warned drivers early Monday morning that the ferry was out of service, the Russian state news agency RIA reported, citing Reuters.

07:30Two people were killed and their daughter was injured on a bridge in Crimea on Monday morning, Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region in southern Russia, told Reuters.

“All of you and I have seen a damaged car with Belgorod license plates on a video on the Internet. What information is available at the moment: a girl was injured,” Gladkov said in the Telegram messenger.

“The hardest thing is that her parents are dead, her father and mother.”

A video showing the victims in a car is circulating on social media, but it has not been confirmed.

07:28A child was injured on the Crimean bridge, the Russian state news agency RIA reported on Monday with reference to the local Russian authorities.

The separately elected governor of Russia, Serhiy Aksyonov, said on his Telegram channel that local law enforcement agencies will say what caused the “NP”. He added that rail traffic to the peninsula would resume by 9:00 a.m. local time.

07:14 As RBC-Ukraine reported, explosions rang out on the bridge.

On the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia with the peninsula, the carriageway was damaged, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation reported, reports the Russian state news agency TASS. Breakdowns on the road closer to the Crimean peninsula, TASS reports with reference to Reuters.

Previously, the governor appointed by Russia, Serhii Aksyonov, asked the population not to drive on the Crimean Bridge, which connects the peninsula with Russia.

Gray Zone, a Russian TV channel linked to Wagner’s mercenary group, reported two strikes on the bridge at 03:04 and 03:20.

Reuters says it could not independently verify the information. There were no immediate comments from Ukraine.

The 19-kilometer road and rail bridge was damaged by an explosion last October in an attack that the Kremlin said was orchestrated by Ukrainian security forces. Kyiv only indirectly acknowledged the attack a few months later.

Crimea was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, but is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.