Ukraine conducts a crime bridge attack with Western involvement.
Posted on 18 July, 2023 by safetotosite pro
Russia has condemned the attack on the Crimea Bridge, which connects Crimea to the Russian mainland, as a "terrorist attack carried out by Ukraine with the participation of the West."
According to Sputnik, Reuters, and others, Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) labeled the attack as terrorism, saying in a statement that "Ukrainian special services carried out the attack."
"The Crimea Bridge was attacked by two Ukrainian underwater drones," it said, adding that "the road side of the bridge was damaged."
The NAC also announced that it had opened an investigation into the incident.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has also stated that it is "identifying Ukrainian special services agents responsible for organizing the attack on the Crimea Bridge."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mariya Zakharova also claimed in a telegram that "the attack was carried out by Ukraine with the participation of the special services of the United States and the United Kingdom." Zakharova did not provide any evidence for this claim.
Some Ukrainian media outlets reported that Ukraine's State Security Service (SBU) and navy were behind the incident.
According to Reuters, Ukrainian state broadcaster Suspilne and online outlet Ukrainska Pravda cited unnamed sources.
However, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy said there was "no such information", adding that they had asked to wait for an official announcement.
Natalia Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian military's Southern Command, 먹튀검증토토사이트 also suggested that the explosion could have been an act of Russian provocation.
"It is a typical problem-solving tactic of the Crimean and aggressor (Russian) authorities to create such provocations, which the Crimean occupation authorities report very loudly as soon as (the incident) occurs," she told Ukraine's state-run Rada broadcast.