Today's article is about the explosion on the Crimean bridge that connects to Russia from France 24 dated October 8, 2022.
French Original
Ukraine : le pont reliant la Crimée à la Russie endommagé par l'explosion d'un camion piégé
Un camion piégé a déclenché un vaste incendie sur le pont de Crimée, infrastructure clé et symbole de l'annexion de la péninsule ukrainienne éponyme, a annoncé le Comité national antiterroriste russe, sans accuser dans l'immédiat l'Ukraine. Côté diplomatie, le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) a approuvé un nouveau plan d'urgence pour l'Ukraine de 1,3 milliard de dollars pour soutenir l'économie du pays.
English Translation
Ukraine: the bridge connecting Crimea to Russia damaged by the explosion of a truck bomb
A truck bomb started a large fire on the Crimean Bridge, key infrastructure and symbol of the annexation of the eponymous Ukrainian peninsula, announced the Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee, without immediately accusing Ukraine. On the diplomatic side, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a new $1.3 billion emergency plan for Ukraine to support the country's economy.
Words & Phrases
<A>
accuser: to accuse
annexion: annexation
annoncé > annoncer: announce
approuvé > approuver: to approve
<C>
camion: truck, van
clé: key
côté: side
<D>
déclenché > déclencher: to release, to launch
diplomatie: diplomacy
<E>
économie: economy
endommagé > endommager: to damage
éponyme: eponymous
explosion: explosion
<F>
Fonds monétaire international: International Monetary Fund
<I>
immédiat: immediate
incendie: fire
infrastructure: infrastructure
<M>
milliard: billion
<N>
nouveau: new
<P>
péninsule: peninsula
piégé > piéger: to trap
pont: bridge
<R>
reliant > relier: link, bind
<S>
sans: without
soutenir: to support
symbole: symbol
<T>
terroriste: terrorist
<U>
urgence: urgency
<V>
vaste: vast
