
Moscow [Russia]: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday termed the explosion on the Crimean bridge as a "terrorist attack" which was aimed at destroying the country's critical civilian infrastructure. Putin blamed Ukrainian special services for the attack on the key bridge that connects Crimea with mainland Russia, TASS news agency reported.
"This is just as you've said, there is no doubt [about it]. This is a terrorist act aimed at destroying the critical civilian infrastructure of the Russian Federation. It was ordered, authored and carried out by the special services of Ukraine," Putin said at a meeting with the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin.