Moscow (EFE)
“The circulation of cars on the Crimean bridge has been provisionally suspended,” says the official Telegram channel that reports on the situation on the bridge.
The note calls on the drivers and passengers of the cars that are on the bridge or in the control zone to remain calm and obey the instructions of the forces of order.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Friday that the Crimean bridge is a “hostile” infrastructure, built outside international law, and therefore “must be neutralized.”
The head of International Affairs of the Russian Duma or Chamber of Deputies, Leonid Slutski, considered today that these statements imply that Zelenski assumes his responsibility for “international terrorism.”
This is how the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, described the attack carried out on Monday against the bridge by two Ukrainian marine drones, which also forced the temporary suspension of road traffic.
Putin promised that Russia would respond “without fail” to Kiev and in recent days in retaliation the Russian army has bombed Ukraine’s port terminals on the Black Sea, destroying, among other things, several cargoes of grain destined for export.
This is the second attack against the 19-kilometre-long infrastructure, inaugurated in May 2018 and which is made up of a dual structure, automobile and rail.
In October 2022, a truck loaded with explosives blew up on the bridge, killing five people and sparking a long-running Russian campaign of aerial bombardments targeting energy infrastructure across Ukraine.
On Monday, two people died on the bridge, a couple from Russia’s Belgorod region, while their 14-year-old daughter was injured.