"Escalating Tensions: Ukraine-Russia Conflict Intensifies with Bridge Emergency and Drone Attacks"
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Two people have died in what Russian officials are calling an "emergency" on the Kerch Bridge, which connects the occupied Crimean peninsula to Russia. Unconfirmed reports suggest explosions were heard. The bridge, opened in 2018, enables road and rail travel between Russia and Crimea, which has been under Moscow's control since 2014. The exact cause of the incident remains unclear, but the bridge's supports were reportedly undamaged. The incident comes amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive to retake territory in southern and eastern Ukraine, and on the day a UN-brokered deal allowing grain exports from Ukrainian ports is set to expire.
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