Crimean bridge partially open to cars again

The bridge linking Russia to Crimea has partially reopened a day after it was attacked, the Russian government says.

Vehicles were using a single lane of the bridge across the Kerch Strait, an official said, posting clips.

 "The movement of cars has resumed in reverse mode on the rightmost lane of the Crimean Bridge from Taman to Kerch," he wrote on Telegram.

According to the deputy prime minister, every effort was made to reopen the bridge to traffic "as soon as possible." "We carried out a preliminary examination of the span structures, which confirmed that their condition made it possible to launch traffic," Khusnullin specified.

According to him, "a temporary traffic pattern has been developed." "The span was additionally tested before the decision was made to launch traffic," the official added.