2023-07-09 11:44:00
Until now, the Ukrainian authorities have denied any involvement in the Crimean bridge bombing. In particular, at the end of October 2022, the country’s president, Volodímir Zelenskihe stated in an interview with the Canadian television channel CTV that kyiv was not involved in that explosion.
“As far as I know, we have not asked“, commented the president.
At the end of May, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Vasil Maliukreported that kyiv wanted to “cut off the logistics route” to the peninsula and took appropriate measures, but He did not specify which ones. For his part, the head of the Central Intelligence Directorate of the country’s Defense Ministry, Kiril Budanov, He denied that the Ukrainian special services were behind the attack on the bridge.
On October 8, 2022, a truck exploded while crossing the bridge. The outbreak left four dead, in addition to causing the fire of seven tank cars of a train. From the Russian Federal Security Service they discovered that behind the incident there were 12 people, including Kiril Budanov. The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, He described what happened as a terrorist attack.
At 19 kilometers long, the Crimean Bridge is the longest in Russia and connects the peninsula with the mainland of the country. The road section has been in operation since 2018 and train circulation has been allowed since December 2019.
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