A classic Russian cargo ship crusing on the Don River at Rostov-on-Don hit a significant practice bridge that’s used to produce Crimea. The Russian authorities as saying the Zelenga (in-built 1978), malfunctioned inflicting the vessel to allide with the bridge. No trains have been crossing the bridge and none have been scheduled for in the present day whereas an investigation is underway.

The Zelenga was in-built Germany 46 years in the past and at the moment operates for the Volga Shipping Company. The vessel is 1,755 dwt and 269 toes (82 meters) in size.

The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situation is reporting a steering failure on May 26 because the vessel was making an attempt to cross underneath the raised portion of the bridge. In the images and movies, the middle part of the bridge is raised however the vessel was astray and hit a hard and fast part of the railway bridge. The vessel’s bridge seems to have been closely broken. There have been no experiences of accidents.

While there are not any options of sabotage, the Ukrainian media is highlighting the importance because the bridge is used to move provides into Crimea. They contend it’s a main provide route for supplies and armaments being utilized by the Russian forces occupying Crimea.

Local experiences are that the bridge was present process inspections, however Russian experiences have been saying the bridge was operational. The vessel was later towed from the location.