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Russia sets up checkpoint on Crimean Bridge, searches outgoing traffic
August 17, 2022 7:51 PM
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Outgoing vehicles are being searched and individuals' documents checked at the checkpoint, according to Denys Savchenko, coordinator of the human rights organization Crimea SOS. The move comes as people flee the occupied peninsula following recent explosions at Russian military facilities there.

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