SIMFEROPOL, Feb. 27 ??“ The building of a bridge over the Kerch Strait between Ukraine and Russia may start this year, Crimean Supreme Council Chairman Anatoliy Hrytsenko said during a press conference in Simferopol on Tuesday.

He said today there are technical and economic grounds for building such a bridge that foresee, in particular, two options ??“the construction of either a tunnel or a bridge. However, currently there is no project for a tunnel under the Kerch Strait.