Russia’s Investigative Committee, the body that deals with serious crimes in the country, said on Sunday, in a preliminary report, that the explosion on the bridge over the Kerch Strait, which connects Russian territory to the annexed Crimea peninsula in 2014, it was prepared by Ukraine’s secret service.
President Vladimir Putin called the case a terrorist act.
The case took place on Saturday morning (8) and was considered symbolic of Moscow’s moment of setback in the war – the structure is seen as a crucial supply route for Putin’s troops in the invaded country.
The explosion caused a fire on a train carrying fuel and at least three people, who would have been in a car next to the vehicle, died. On Saturday, Putin ordered the creation of a commission to investigate the causes and clarify the explosion, assigning the FSB (Federal Security Service, one of the successor agencies to the KGB) to reinforce protection measures on the bridge and on the electricity and gas structure. that supplies the peninsula.
On Sunday, divers assessed the damage at the site, and the Transport Ministry said freight and passenger trains were operating normally. Road traffic remains limited — buses and other heavy vehicles continue to be transported on ferries.
Russia had said on Saturday that the truck’s owner had been identified as a resident of Krasnodar, in the south of the country, but it did not fully blame Ukraine – even so, the case sparked a new version war, following the pattern of the conflict. .
Radical wings in Moscow had defined the explosion as Kiev’s declaration of war. According to The New York Times, a Crimean Member of Parliament said anything less than an “extremely harsh” response would show weakness, which, ultimately, could be the key to tactical nuclear action. by figures such as former president Dmitri Medvedev.
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