Russian Foreign Ministry accused the Ukrainian authorities of being behind the incident, saying: “The attack on the Crimean bridge was carried out by the Kiev terrorist regime.”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the decision to attack the Crimean bridge was taken by Ukrainian officials and the army, with the participation of US and British intelligence.
The Russian Anti-Terrorism Committee announced today, Monday, that what happened at the Crimean Bridge at dawn today was a terrorist attack carried out by two Ukrainian naval marches.
Added in a statement that the accident was the result of a terrorist act carried out by the Ukrainian specialized services on the night of July 16-17. One of the sections of the Crimean Bridge was damaged, and two civilians, a man and a woman, who were in a car passing through the bridge, were killed, and their minor daughter was injured
The committee stated that the attack took place at 5:30 am, and damaged the car road on the bridge.
The Speaker of the Crimean Parliament announced that the Crimean Bridge was attacked by the “Kiev terrorist regime.”