Observers: Crimean Bridge Attack Takes Ukraine Crisis to New Phase Where Infrastructure is Fair Game
The 19 km bridge linking Crimea to the Krasnodar region via the Sea of Azov was struck by a massive explosion on Saturday, halting all road and rail traffic. A senior advisor to Ukraine’s president immediately boasted that the attack was just “the beginnig,” with Moscow calling the comments proof of Ukrainian authorities’ “terrorist nature.” ● The extraordinary attack on the Crimean Bridge takes the security crisis over Ukraine to a dangerous new level, with both sides likely to expand attacks against civilian infrastructure, political observers, journalists, and academics have told Sputnik.
💬 “Ukraine’s attack against the Crimean Bridge undoubtedly took place after getting a green light from the United States and using American weapons. The US side intends to further ramp up the degree of escalation of the conflict and military hostilities,” Iranian journalist and Russia expert Ruhollah Modaber says. ● Modaber points out that the attack on the bridge came less than two days after President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West to carry out a "preemptive," possibly nuclear attack against Russia, and shortly after Kiev’s "recognition" of Russia’s Kuril Islands as "occupied" Japanese territories.
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