Russia says it has arrested eight people in connection with a blast that damaged a key bridge to the annexed Crimean Peninsula, blaming Ukraine for an incident that dealt a high-profile blow to President Putin.
said Ukraine’s military intelligence and its chief, Kyrylo Budanov, were behind the attack. It also said five Russian citizens, as well as three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia, who were involved in the operation had been detained.
A press officer for Ukraine's military intelligence service, Andrii Yusov, declined to comment, telling NBC News:"We are not commenting on the statements made by terrorists."Gian Marco Benedetto / Anadolu Agency via Getty Imagesthe damage to the bridge, which has served as a key supply route for Russian forces, as well as a marker of Putin's claims to the region he illegally annexed in 2014.
Ukraine and most countries don’t recognize that annexation and consider Crimea part of Ukrainian territory. Kyiv has vowed to reclaim the peninsula, along with all the territory occupied by Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion nearly eight months ago.his military unleashed on Ukrainian cities this week was an act of revenge.The 12-mile Kerch Bridge, which links the annexed Crimean Peninsula to mainland Russia, was personally inaugurated by Putin in 2018.
While Ukraine has stepped up its efforts to strike behind Russian lines, hitting the bridge has been widely considered a “red line” for the Kremlin. Saturday's explosion escalated calls from hard-liners for a tough response, putting more pressure on Putin after weeks of unprecedented criticism of his military leadership.
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