According to Russian news agency Tass, an explosion occurred early Saturday morning on one of Putin’s prestige projects and Europe’s longest bridge, which connects Russia and Crimea.
“An object believed to be a fuel storage tank has caught fire on the Crimean Bridge, but the viaduct’s navigable arches sustained no damage, an aide to the head of Crimea, Oleg Kryuchkov, said on Saturday,” according to the news outlet.
Following the attack on Saturday, the Ukrainian Department of Defense threatened more attacks on Russia.
Breaking Digest reported that, in response to Ukraine blowing up the Kerch Bridge, Russia unleashed hell on Ukrainian targets, hitting ten cities with over 70 missile attacks.
On Wednesday the Russian Spy Agency, FSB, announced they had identified the team behind the bombing. They also revealed the route the truck traveled from Ukraine, through Bulgaria, Armenia and Georgia before blowing up on the Russian bridge to Crimea.
The Daily Mail reported:
The FSB has arrested eight people over the Crimean bridge attack while revealing an X-ray of what it says was the bomb that caused the blast.
Moscow’s spies say the men – five Russians and three people from Ukraine and Armenia – worked with a Ukrainian agent named ‘Ivan Ivanovic’ to ship the 23-ton device through four countries over two months before it detonated on the bridge.
They say the bomb – disguised as industrial plastic sheeting – began its journey in Odesa, in southern Ukraine, before going via Bulgaria to Armenia, then across Georgia and into Russia before it was diverted to Simferopol, in Crimea.
At some point a truck carrying the device was X-rayed. The FSB says accompanying paperwork was changed at least twice to conceal its origins, under the direct orders of Ukrainian security service chief Kirill Budanov.
Ukraine has called the FSB’s allegations ‘nonsense’ and has not claimed responsibility for the blast, which partially crippled the main road and rail link between Russia and occupied Crimea.
