Section: US & Canada
Putin Cements Russian Hold on Crimea with Opening of Bridge
Russia established a physical link to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula it seized from Ukraine in 2014, by opening a 12-mile bridge from the mainland. …read more Source: The New York...
WATCH: Putin inaugurates bridge by driving a truck across to seized peninsula Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the occasion by driving a bright-orange truck across to the disputed peninsula that Russian troops seized from Ukraine in 2014. …read more Source: ABC...
Putin inaugurates bridge by driving a truck across to seized peninsula Crimea
The 12-mile bridge gives Russia a land crossing to the peninsula seized in 2014 …read more Source: ABC...
Putin opens bridge to Crimean land annexed in 2014
Kremlin President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday opened a bridge connecting Russia with Crimea — land that he annexed four years ago. …read more Source: United Press...
Bridge marks physical ‘reunification’ of Crimea with Russian mainland
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Putin Drives Truck to Open New Russia-Crimea Bridge
Russian President Vladimir Putin drove a truck across a new bridge connecting mainland Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea Tuesday, a project Ukraine has condemned as a violation of international law. Russian state television showed Putin behind the wheel of a construction truck with workers on the nearly 20-kilometer drive across the bridge, which...
News you need: Morning links for Tuesday, May 15
It’s primary day in Pennsylvania, Idaho, Nebraska, and Oregon (CBS News) Pennsylvania is seeing competitive elections in both House and Senate races. Democrats in Nebraska vote on their candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, in Idaho, Sen. Raul Labrador, the founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, is hoping to...
Putin Unveils Crimea Bridge
Russia officially opened a bridge to its annexed Crimean Peninsula on May 15, as Russian President Vladimir Putin drove a truck across the 19-kilometer span. In an address to officials and construction workers at Crimea’s eastern tip, Putin said the bridge “will give the development of the economy of Crimea and Sevastopol a new...
Putin opens bridge linking southern Russia with Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin drove a large construction truck Tuesday to road test the much-anticipated bridge linking southern Russia and the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The 19-kilometer (11.8-mile) bridge, which took two years to build and cost $3.6 billion is Putin’s project to show that...
Jailed, Hunger-Striking Ukrainian On Trial Again In Russian-Controlled Crimea
Volodymyr Balukh, an imprisoned pro-Kyiv activist who has been on hunger strike for 55 days and whose release has been demanded by Washington, is on trial again in Russian-controlled Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
