Name: Putin drives a Mercedes across Kerch Bridge in Crimea weeks after explosion
Uploaded: 2022-12-06T16:35:56+00:00
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Description: Russian President Vladimir Putin has driven a Mercedes over the bridge that links Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland weeks after the vital link was partially blown up. In what is the closes

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has driven a Mercedes over the bridge that links Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland weeks after the vital link was partially blown up. In what is the closest the 70-year-old leader has come to the frontline in Ukraine Mr Putin drove across the Kerch bridge as Russia re-opened it to traffic following an October blast Moscow blamed on Ukraine. While driving he discussed the repairs of the bridge with Marat Khusnulin a deputy prime minister in charge of the project in an exchange that was broadcast by Russian television. Read your updates here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-new... Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/... Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events business sport lifestyle and culture.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has driven a Mercedes over the bridge that links Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland weeks after the vital link was partially blown up.

In what is the closest the 70-year-old leader has come to the frontline in Ukraine, Mr Putin drove across the Kerch bridge as Russia re-opened it to traffic following an October blast Moscow blamed on Ukraine.

While driving, he discussed the repairs of the bridge with Marat Khusnulin, a deputy prime minister in charge of the project, in an exchange that was broadcast by Russian television.

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