The Russian authorities have announced this Tuesday “additional measures” to guarantee security on the Kerch bridge, which connects the country with the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014, after the explosion registered on Saturday at the site, an event that ended with three deaths and that Moscow blamed on kyiv.
The National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has indicated that during a meeting held this Tuesday and chaired by the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, “a range of additional measures has been developed aimed at increasing the level of protection antiterrorist of the transport” in the place, according to what the Interfax news agency has collected.
The bridge, also known simply as the Crimean Bridge, is considered to be an important logistics supply route for Russian forces in Crimea and southern Russian-occupied Ukraine. The structure, 19 kilometers long, includes a rail transport route and a motorway.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused the Ukrainian secret services of the “terrorist attack” perpetrated on Saturday against the Kerch bridge, which left it partially unusable. Russia launched a series of bombing raids on Ukrainian cities, including kyiv, on Monday in apparent response to the incident, killing nearly 20 people and wounding more than 100.
Source: Europa Press
