This Article is From Oct 14, 2022

Russia Orders Crimea Bridge Repairs To Be Completed By July Next Year

The bridge, the only one connecting the Russian mainland to the annexed Crimean peninsula, was damaged by an explosion.

Russia Orders Crimea Bridge Repairs To Be Completed By July Next Year

The Russian cabinet ordered the Crimean bridge repair work to be completed by July 1, 2023. (File)

Moscow:

The Russian government on Friday ordered repairs on the Crimea bridge to be completed by July 2023 after Moscow's only bridge connecting the Russian mainland to the annexed peninsula was damaged by an explosion.

The cabinet in a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered the company tasked with the "design and restoration of destroyed elements of the transport and engineering infrastructure of the Crimean Bridge" to complete the work by July 1, 2023.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

.