UPDATE: Three people were killed in a truck explosion that collapsed parts of a key bridge connecting Russia to Crimea, a Russian official says.
Three people were killed on Saturday in the explosion that collapsed portions of the bridge linking Russia to Crimea, a Russian official said.
Russia’s response should be tough, said Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs. He said he has no doubt that"Kyiv is behind the organization of this attack." Ukrainian officials have not taken credit for the blast. Ukraine’s official government Twitter account"This is not just an emergency," Slutsky wrote."It could be an act of state terrorism."
"Today at 6:07 a truck was blown up on the automobile part of the Crimean Bridge from the side of the Taman Peninsula," Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee posted online."It resulted in the ignition of seven fuel tanks of the train, along the direction of the Crimean Peninsula. There was a partial collapse of two automobile spans of the bridge. The arch over the navigable part of the bridge was not damaged.
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