2022 Crimean Bridge explosion

The 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion occurred on 8 October 2022, at 6:07 a.m. A fire broke out on the Crimean Bridge as a result of an explosion of a bomb that had been loaded onto a truck. The explosion occurred on the road bridge, on the westbound vehicle lanes, from Russia to Kerch in Russian-occupied Crimea. The explosion caused two two-lane vehicular spans of the bridge to collapse into the water; two adjacent eastbound lanes on a separate structure survived. The adjoining railway bridge was damaged by a railway tanker car that caught fire. Five people were killed. Following the incident, the Investigative Committee of Russia launched an investigation.

The damage caused by the explosion reduced the transport capacity of the bridge, which is being used to supply Russian troops in Crimea during the invasion of Ukraine. The explosion occurred the day after the 70th birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin and one week after the announcement of the annexation of four Ukrainian regions by Russia.

Russian officials and a "senior Ukrainian official" speaking to The New York Times stated the explosion was from a bomb loaded onto a truck. BBC News reported that it was more likely to have been caused by a maritime drone. The Russian Federal Security Service later detained five Russian citizens and three people from Ukraine and Armenia, who were accused of organising the attack.

At the time, no-one claimed responsibility. and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that his government "did not order" it. However, in July 2023, Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar acknowledged Ukraine had conducted the attack "in order to break the logistics of the Russians". The Security Service of Ukraine confirmed that Ukraine was behind the attack. In August, Vasyl Malyuk, head of the Security Service of Ukraine, gave an interview to The New Voice of Ukraine in which he detailed how a truck carrying explosives was used to cause the explosion.