Terrorist threat at yellow level in Krasnodar region’s Temryuk district — governor

Emergencies October 08, 2022, 20:02

According to Veniamin Kondratyev, there will be tightened measures - checkpoints and control security procedures

TAMAN /Krasnodar Region/, October 8. /TASS/. The color-coded level of terrorist threat has been declared at yellow level in the Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Region, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev told reporters on Saturday.

"I have just signed the imposition of a yellow threat level for the Temryuk district as the highest terrorist threat level, where there will be tightened measures - checkpoints and control security procedures," he said.

On Saturday morning, a truck exploded on the Crimea bridge, setting fuel tanks of a passing-by freight train ablaze. Three people were killed and two sections of the bridge’s road part collapsed. The part of the bridge connecting Crimea with the Krasnodar Region was not reportedly damaged. The traffic on the bridge was completely stopped, but after 04.00 p.m. Moscow time it was reopened for buses and automobiles. A government commission chaired by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin was set up after the accident.

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