More than 1800 cars are waiting in line at the entrance to the Crimea from the Russian Federation

In front of the Kerch Bridge, which leads from Russia to the occupied Ukrainian Peninsula of Crimea, a traffic jam of more than 1800 cars was formed. On the morning of August 4, the Russian Federation controlled monitoring channel on the situation on the bridge.

“There are 1820 vehicles from Taman. Waiting for about four hours. There are 146 vehicles for a manual inspection from Kerch, ”the report said as of 9:00.

Earlier, the Russian head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov announced an increase in the number of observation points at the entrance to the Kerch Bridge. According to the official, volunteers will also be on the ground.

In January, the Russian authorities introduced passport control for travel by the Kerch Bridge.

The Kerch Bridge is strategically important for Russia, both for the supply of occupied Crimea and for transportation of live power, equipment and weapons to continue the war against Ukraine.

At the beginning of March, the Commander of the Navy of Ukraine, Viecadmiral Alexei Shepapa, in an interview with The Guardian stated that Ukraine could hit the Kerch Bridge for the third time. In an interview with Radio Liberty Crimea.