US Secretary of State Blinken commented on the attack on the Crimean bridge

Kyiv decides how to conduct hostilities, said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, commenting on the attack on the Crimean bridge.

According to him, the United States is monitoring the situation, but Ukraine decides on its own how to conduct hostilities.

On the night of July 17, Ukrainian surface drones attacked the Crimean Bridge, killing a married couple and injuring their underage daughter. 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”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on the situation in the bridge area declared, which instructed the FSB, the Investigative Committee and other departments 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. Also head of state assuredthat there will be a response from Russia, and the Russian Ministry of Defense “is preparing appropriate proposals.”

Former press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov notedthat the answer to the attack on the Crimean bridge will be the achievement of all the goals of the military operation in Ukraine.