Putin Drives on Crimea Bridge Hit by Blast, Orders Full Repair
- President shown driving Mercedes to inspect road, rail repairs
- Russia blamed Ukraine for attack on key invasion route
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday drove a Mercedes car across a flagship bridge to occupied Crimea that was seriously damaged in an explosion.
“We’re driving across the right side” of the bridge, Putin told Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin seated beside him in the vehicle, in footage broadcast on state TV. “The left side as far as I understand is in working condition but it needs to be fully restored.”