Traffic on the Crimean Bridge is blocked amid the threat of aviation danger in Kuban

Traffic on the Crimean Bridge has been stopped, and a missile threat has been declared in the Krasnodar Territory.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on August 18, security forces discovered an explosive device in a car that arrived from Georgia. According to the FSB, the car was supposed to go to the Krasnodar Territory, and it was planned to be used to blow up the Crimean Bridge.

At 14:27, traffic on the Crimean Bridge was closed, the information center's Telegram channel reported on the situation on the Crimean Bridge.

"We ask those on the bridge and in the inspection zone to remain calm and follow the instructions of the transport security officers," the message said.

According to data as of 14:00 Moscow time, there were 90 vehicles in line for manual inspection from the Taman side.

There are 710 vehicles in line for manual inspection from the Kerch side. The waiting time is about three hours, the report says.

A threat to aviation security has also been declared in Krasnodar Krai, the administration of the Krymsky District reported, and information about this was also published by the 93.ru publication with reference to an SMS message from the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

"Who didn't make it to the bridge after inspection, to the front of the queue?" Anna Vladimirovna Kalinka asked in the Telegram channel "Krymsky Chat", which has 74,139 subscribers.

"These are the rules," Yanina Fomina answered her.

"We managed to go through inspection, handed over the card and were sent back in the other direction. I returned back to the queue again, which is now Mega-Huge," Vera complained.

Before the bridge was closed, there was no traffic jam on the Kuban side, users said. "We got stuck in a traffic jam at 13.23 in Crimea and went through security at 14.00," Svetlana wrote at 14.10 Moscow time.

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