Aha Dua Permata: Video - Crimean Bridge Terror Attack

Monday, 17 July 2023

Video - Crimean Bridge Terror Attack

Attack on Crimean Bridge Committed By Ukraine - Russia's Foreign Ministry

Overnight, traffic had been suspended on the Crimean Bridge linking the peninsula to the Krasnodar region via the Sea of Azov due to an emergency that resulted in the death of two people.

The attack on the Crimean Bridge was committed by the regime in Kiev, stated Russia's Foreign Ministry on Monday.

The decision to target the Crimean Bridge was made by Ukrainian officials, their military, and with the participation of US, and UK Special Services, added the ministry in a statement.

"Today's attack on the Crimean Bridge was committed by the Kiev regime. This regime is a terrorist one and has all the signs of an international organized criminal group," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Telegram.

Overnight, two unmanned surface vehicles attacked the infrustructure, according to the Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee.

"At 3:05 [6:05 GMT] two Ukrainian unmanned underwater vehicles carried out an attack on the Crimean Bridge. As a result of the terrorist attack, the road part of the Crimean Bridge was damaged, while two adults were killed and one child was injured," the statement said.

Russian investigators are identifying those involved in the organization of the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge carried out by the Kiev regime's special services and armed units, according to the committee.

"The necessary examinations have been appointed as part of the criminal case. The investigation is identifying individuals from the Ukrainian special services and armed units involved in the organization and execution of this crime," stated the committee.

Emergency services are currently working at the scene. Law enforcement agencies are carrying out the necessary operational and investigative actions.

Earlier in the day, Crimean head Sergey Aksenov said that traffic was suspended on the Crimean Bridge due to an emergency, and urged people to avoid traveling via the infrustructure. The road part of the bridge had sustained damage.

"From the side of the Republic of Crimea, there is damage to the roadway on the spans of the Crimean bridge," the Russian Transport Ministry said on Telegram on Monday morning, adding that the "structures of the spans themselves are on their supports."

A civilian couple who had been driving by car from Stary Oskol, Belgorod region, were killed, their 14-year-old child was wounded.

"Two civilians died: a man and a woman, driving a car on the bridge," the Russian Investigative Committee said.

The child's life is not in danger, she has been admitted to the intensive care unit of Temryk Central Hospital.

Kiev Regime Drops Hint at Having Hand in Crimean Bridge Terror Attack

The Security Service of Ukraine has implicitly admitted its involvement in organizing the pre-dawn attack on the Crimean Bridge, which left two people dead and one child seriously injured.

On Monday, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military intelligence department, Andrei Yusov, commented on the Crimean Bridge incident, quoting the agency's head, Kirill Budanov, who stated that "this structure is unnecessary". RBC-Ukraine, citing a source in the Security Service of Ukraine, reported that the terror attack on the Crimean Bridge was a special operation conducted by the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Navy, using surface drones.

The Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, responded to the incident on its Telegram channel by publishing a modified excerpt from a Ukrainian folk song:

"Nightingale, dear brother, the bridge has fallen asleep again."

"This is folk music, and the lyrics are from the Security Service," the SBU posted on its Telegram channel.

Alexei Goncharuk, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, called the incident, which left two people dead, and a child injured on the Crimean Bridge, a "victory for Ukraine" and demanded that those involved be awarded the highest state honors.

According to Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod Region, two of his constituents, a man and a woman, died as a result of the attack, and their underage daughter was injured. The Ministry of Health of the Krasnodar Region confirmed the two deaths. Speaker of the Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, said that the Crimean Bridge was attacked by the "Kiev terrorist regime."