Moscow: Kiev Regime's Reaction To Destruction of Civilian Infrastructure Proves its Terrorist Nature

A truck was blown up on the motorway section of the Crimean Bridge, causing seven fuel tanks of a train travelling to the peninsula to go up in flames, the National Anti-Terrorist Committee said on Saturday. The cause of the explosion is now being investigated.

The Kiev regime's reaction to destruction of civilian infrastructure proves its terrorist nature, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote in her Telegram account on Saturday, after an explosion rattled the Crimean bridge.

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, Mykhailo Podolyak, went on Twitter shortly after the emergency on the Crimean Bridge to write that this was just "the beginning".

Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled. pic.twitter.com/yUiSwOLlDP

— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) October 8, 2022

The official page of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense also responded to the incident on what it referred to as a "notorious symbol of [Russian] power".

The guided missile cruiser Moskva and the Kerch Bridge – two notorious symbols of russian power in Ukrainian Crimea – have gone down.
What’s next in line, russkies?

— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) October 8, 2022

Traffic and rail services were suspended on the Crimean Bridge early on Saturday after a truck was blown up on the on the motorway section. No injuries have been reported yet, according to the regional authorities.

"Today, at 6:07am, a truck was blown up on the motorway section of the Crimean Bridge from the Taman Peninsula, which caused seven fuel tanks of a train travelling to the Crimean peninsula to go up in flames. Two motorway sections of the bridge have partially collapsed. The arch over the land part of the bridge has not been damaged," the National Anti-Terrorist Committee stated, adding that the cause of the explosion was being investigated.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered a government commission to be formed to inquire into the emergency on the Crimean Bridge, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

All trains which were scheduled to leave for Crimea in the near future, have been temporarily suspended because of the incident on the Crimean Bridge, state-owned transport company Russian Railways said on Saturday on Telegram. Meanwhile, the Kerch Strait ferry line, which connects the Crimean peninsula to Russia's Krasnodar region, has resumed operations, the Russian Transport Ministry told Sputnik. There is no timescale as yet of how long it will take to restore the Crimean Bridge, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik on Saturday.

Almost 12 miles long, the Crimean Bridge - the longest in Europe - was built to connect the Taman peninsula with the Kerch peninsula after Crimea rejoined Russia. In a March 2014 referendum, nearly 97 percent of voters supported the move to rejoin the country, with Moscow repeatedly stating that the decision made by the Crimean people was conducted in full compliance with international law and the UN Charter.