"Last night, another terrorist attact was committed on the bridge. Civilians were killed. A child was wounded and left without parents. The family was traveling to the Crimea from the Belgorod Region,” Putin said during a meeting on Crimean Bridge attack, adding that he expects to see suggestions on how to increase security in the area since the facility suffered its second terrorist attack.
The President also instructed Russia’s Investigative Committee and the Federal Security Service “to find out in detail” what happened.
Putin also said that “the main thing” is that bridge’s piers were not damaged in the terrorist attack.
"This crime is senseless, from a military point of view, has no significance, since the Crimean Bridge has not been used for military transportation for a long time," the President added.
On Monday, the Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee said that Kiev carried out a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge using two surface drones. The road part of the bridge was damaged, two adults were killed, and one child was injured.
On July 17, the Crimean Bridge which links Crimea to mainland Russia withstood the second terrorist attack in its history. The bridge has become a major target for Ukrainian criminals due to the poor situation for Kiev on the frontline.
On Monday, Ukraine dropped a hint about its complicity in the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge: the Ukrainian military intelligence department chief, Kirill Budanov, 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.
On 8 October 2022, the Ukrainian regime commited the first terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge by blowing a truck and causing seven fuel tanks of a freight train to catch fire and two car spans partially to collapse, killing three civilians, according to Russia's National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC).