Big explosion on Crimean Bridge Just before dawn on Saturday, road and rail traffic along a key lifeline – both civilian and military – was severely cut off at a pivotal moment in Russia’s campaign in Ukraine.
At first glance, it is another embarrassment – even humiliation – for the Russian state, still reeling with battlefield defeat in Kharkiv, Donetsk and more recently in Kherson in the south.
But by Monday, the bridge attack had also become the Kremlin’s justification for a sudden missile attacks throughout Ukraine. By midday, according to Ukrainian authorities, about 80 missiles and rockets had been fired at infrastructure in dozens of cities – and Russian officials promised more.
Within hours of the bridge explosion, Russian investigators were quick to come up with an explanation for the explosion: It was a terrorist attack that used large explosives hidden in a truck and then exploded. when the vehicle crossed the bridge towards Crimea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin picked up the topic on Monday, saying Kyiv had “placed itself on par with the worst terrorist groups”, which has prompted “the next major attack with guided weapons”. precisely into Ukraine’s infrastructure – energy infrastructure, military command and communications. “
“The crimes of the Kyiv regime cannot go unanswered,” he said.
Putin continued: “On the next terrorist act on Russian territory, Russia’s answer will be harsh and will correspond to the level of threat to the Russian Federation, no doubt about that.”
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