Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

The Kremlin says it's halting participation in an international agreement to ship Russian

agricultural products and Ukrainian grain safely through the Black Sea.

The UN and Turkey had brokered the arrangement.

It's intended to help get grain to parts of the world that desperately needed.

Meanwhile, Russian authorities say two people were killed and the third was injured on a

key bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea.

NPR's Charles Smein's reports from Moscow authorities are calling this an emergency.

Russian media report that two explosions hit the Kirch Bridge early Monday, claims

that could not be independently confirmed.

Witness video online appears to show a section of road along the structure partially

collapsed.

In traffic along the bridge has been halted with travelers told to find alternative routes

into mainland Russia.

The 12-mile bridge is a key supply line for Russian forces operating in southern Ukraine.

It's also a potent symbol of Moscow's hold over Crimea, a territory Russia illegally

annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Portions of the bridge were destroyed in a blast last October that Moscow blamed on Kiev.

Ukraine denied involvement, but is called the bridge a legitimate military target.

Charles Smein's in Piair News.

Moscow.

Estonishing flooding in the northeast this weekend turned tragic and deadly.

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