Khusnullin: the approximate cost of restoring the Crimean bridge will be calculated on July 18

The cost of restoring the Crimean bridge will be calculated by July 18. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Marat Khusnullin following a meeting on the situation in the bridge area with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“[Ущерб] not yet counted. By tomorrow we will have an approximate cost in order to allocate funding. We consider the amount of material, the number of people needed for work,” said the Deputy Prime Minister (quote according to TASS).

On the night of July 17, the Crimean bridge was attacked by Ukrainian surface drones. As a result of the incident, a man and a woman were killed, their minor daughter was injured. The Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia opened a case of a terrorist act on the fact of the attack. According to the department, the attack was prepared on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services. In Ukraine, the damage to the Crimean bridge was called a “provocation”.

During the meeting, President Putin declaredthat the FSB, the Investigative Committee and other departments were instructed to deal in detail with what happened on the bridge. The President stressed that due to the fact that this is the second terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge, he is waiting for specific proposals to ensure the security of the facility.

On October 8, 2022, the Crimean bridge was also attacked. Then, a truck exploded on the automobile part of the Crimean bridge from the side of the Taman Peninsula, as a result of which seven fuel tanks of the railway train caught fire, the automobile spans of the bridge also collapsed, killing four people. A criminal case on terrorism has been opened, eight people have been arrested. The FSB said that the organizer of the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge was the head of military intelligence of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov.