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 aims to integrate Crimea with Russia’s transportation network.
“I congratulate you on this historic holiday,” Putin told workers on live television after driving across the span.
“It will allow [us] to develop with new pace and new quality the economy of Crimea, [the Crimean port city of] Sevastopol, to raise people’s …read more
Source: Voice of America
