The Krasnodar region leader reopened the ferry route to the Crimea peninsula after the explosion on the strait bridge caused interrupted traffic.

In the coming time, we will ensure that passenger transport directly between the peninsula and Krasnodar province with a ferry, the ability to transport more than 100 people per trip, Nikolai Lukashenko, leader of the Krasnodar transport agency, today

Sergei Aksyonov, a Russian official in Crimea, previously said the restoration of Crimea could only start when the parties completed the investigation of the cause of the explosion.

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The bridge is nearly 20 km long connecting the two Kerch straits, between Russia's Krasnodar and Crimea peninsula, serious damage after the big explosion at dawn on October 8.

Russian officials said the bomb was installed in cargo trucks and was activated while the vehicle was moving on the bridge.

Russia temporarily blocked two -way traffic through the Crimea Bridge, including routes for cars and railways.

The Russian Investigation Commission launched a criminal investigation on the explosion.

Russia dispatched fire helicopters after the explosion on Crimea bridge dawn on October 8.

The Russian Energy Ministry said the Crimea peninsula has enough reserve fuel for the next 15 days.

Mikhail Razvozhayev, leaders of the city of Sevastopol south of the peninsula, initially ordered the temporary ban on gas stations to sell to plastic containers, only pumped directly into cars.

He changed the decision a few hours later, informing people that people could buy and sell normally because the peninsula was still supplied by sea and roads.

The Kerch strait bridge was started in 2015, after Russia merged the Crimea peninsula, and completed in 2018. The bridge worth billions of dollars connecting the Crimea peninsula with the Krasnodar region in southwest of Russia.

After opening a military campaign in Ukraine in late February, Russia used this bridge to transport armored vehicles to southern neighboring areas.

Ukrainian officials said the Crimea Bridge was the beginning and everything was stolen to be returned to Ukraine, after Russia announced the bombing.

Russia said the bomb exploded on the road and railway bridges connecting the Crimea peninsula to the Krasnodar region in southwestern Russia, causing great fire.