Putin accuses Ukraine of 'terrorism' in Russian media after Crimea bridge attack
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRussian President Vladimir Putin has called the attack on the Kerch Bridge to Crimea a "terrorist act" carried out by Ukrainian special forces, Russian media outlets are reporting.
A video of the country's President during a meeting with Alexander Bastrykin, the chairmen of Russia's Investigative Committee, on Sunday captured Putin saying: "There’s no doubt it was a terrorist act directed at the destruction of critically important civilian infrastructure.” Mr Bastrykin said he had opened a criminal case into an act of terrorism, and that early investigations had shown Ukrainian special services and citizens of Russia and other countries had taken part in the act, which Russian officials claim killed three people.
He said investigations “have already established the route of the truck” that Russian authorities said set off a bomb and explosion on the bridge.
READ MORE: 'I was assaulted, spent months in coma - I woke up to Covid and my fiancée dead' According to Mr Bastrykin, the truck had been to Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar (a region in southern Russia) and other places.
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