Crimea bridge attack arrests as fresh blasts heard
Russia says it has detained eight people in connection with Saturday's explosion on a key bridge linking Russia to Crimea.
The news came as at least seven people were reported killed in an attack on a market in the eastern town of Avdiivka. Meanwhile the BBC's Hugo Bachega in Kyiv said five explosions had been heard in Kherson, one of the largest cities under Russian occupation, while there were unconfirmed reports that the air defence system in the city had been activated.Ukraine's military said its troops were continuing their advance in the region, capturing another five settlements.
They alleged the explosives had been hidden in rolls of plastic film and taken on a roundabout route from the Ukrainian port of Odesa - first by sea to Bulgaria, then Georgia, and then driven by lorry overland into Russia via Armenia."All the activities of the FSB and [Russia's] Investigative Committee are nonsense," he told Ukrainian media. "They are fake structures which serve the Putin regime, so we're definitely not going to comment on their latest announcements.
In February when he launched the invasion, Mr Putin called for the "demilitarisation and denazification" of Ukraine, terms he uses for the overthrow of the Ukrainian authorities, which Moscow considers "fascist".
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