{"id":1975012,"date":"2023-07-17T10:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-killed-in-ukrainian-attack-on-key-crimean-bridge-russia-says\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T10:55:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:55:04","slug":"two-killed-in-ukrainian-attack-on-key-crimean-bridge-russia-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-killed-in-ukrainian-attack-on-key-crimean-bridge-russia-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia claims that two individuals were killed in a Ukrainian assault on a crucial Crimean bridge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-killed-in-ukrainian-attack-on-key-crimean-bridge-russia-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A\u200b Fatal\u2064 Strike\u2063 Hits Key Bridge Connecting Russia\u200d to Crimea<\/h2>\n<p>A \u200cfatal\u200c strike \u200bon\u200c Monday morning\u200b shook the key bridge connecting Russia\u2062 to\u200c Crimea, \u200bwhich Russia\u200d annexed almost a decade\u2064 ago. \u200dThe incident resulted \u200cin two fatalities, \u200ba set of parents, while\u200d their \u2063daughter\u2064 sustained injuries.\u200d They \u200dwere traveling \u2064in \u2064a\u200c car when \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gen-mckenzie-says-military-knew-within-hours-that-kabul-drone-strike-hit-civilians\/\" title=\"Gen. McKenzie Says Military Knew Within Hours That Kabul Drone Strike \u2018Hit Civilians\u2019\">strike occurred<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere \u2062is\u200d damage \u200dto \u200cthe\u2062 roadway \u2063on spans\u200c of \u200dthe Crimean\u2064 bridge,\u201d Russia\u2019s\u200b Ministry of \u2064Transport said on \u2064Telegram. Images showed a portion of\u2063 the\u2063 roadway\u200c on \u200bthe bridge\u2062 had\u200c collapsed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According\u200c to \u200bRussia\u2019s National \u200bAnti-Terrorist\u2062 Committee, the \u200bstrike was\u200d carried\u200b out by two\u2063 Ukrainian \u2063maritime drones. CNN reported, citing a source \u2064within\u2062 the Ukrainian Security Service, that it was\u2063 a \u200djoint \u200doperation with Ukraine\u2019s\u2063 navy.<\/p>\n<p>President Vladimir Putin\u2063 has\u200c been\u200d briefed on\u2062 the incident,\u2063 and \u2064Deputy Prime \u2062Minister \u200cMarat\u200d Khusnullin\u2062 will\u2064 travel \u2063to Crimea \u200cto\u200d assess\u200b the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe \u2064know \u2062the\u2063 reasons \u200cand those \u2064behind \u2062this terrorist\u2062 act,\u201d Kremlin\u2063 spokesman\u200c Dmitry Peskov said. \u201cThis \u2063will \u200brequire further \u200ccomposure \u200band additional measures and work from\u200c all of us. No other measures have\u2062 been\u2064 discussed\u2064 at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ukraine\u2062 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/explosions-in-afghanistan-lead-to-multiple-casualties\/\" title=\"Explosions in Afghanistan lead to multiple casualties\">claimed responsibility<\/a> for the attack, \u200daccording \u200dto \u2062CNN. \u200cDmitry \u2064Medvedev, the \u200ddeputy \u200cchairman of Russia\u2019s\u2063 Security\u2064 Council, called for \u2064the homes of the \u200cresponsible \u2062individuals,\u200d whom \u2063he\u200b described as &#8220;terrorists,&#8221; to\u200b be &#8220;blown\u2064 up&#8221;\u200b in\u2062 response to the attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOnly targeted \u200cand quite\u2063 inhumane steps\u2062 [should \u2063be\u2064 taken],&#8221; \u200bMedvedev wrote \u200con his \u200bTelegram channel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This\u200d is not \u2064the first\u2063 time \u200dthe bridge\u200d has \u2062been\u200b targeted. In\u200b October\u2062 of \u200blast year, it \u200dwas attacked due to its \u2062significance in \u200cRussia&#8217;s ability to transport resources and \u200cmanpower to Ukraine quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The attack \u200bon \u200dMonday\u200c occurred just hours before Russia\u2064 announced its decision to \u2063stop participating in\u2064 the \u200cagreement brokered\u200c by \u2062the\u2062 United\u200d Nations \u200dand Turkey,\u2062 which allows the export of Ukrainian grain during\u200d the war. The\u2064 conflict has \u200cseen efforts \u200cfrom both sides to\u2064 facilitate \u2062Ukrainian\u200d exports,\u2062 with the threat of\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-killed-in-ukrainian-attack-on-key-crimean-bridge-russia-says\/\" title=\"Russia claims that two individuals were killed in a Ukrainian assault on a crucial Crimean bridge.\">dire\u200d consequences looming \u200bglobally<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Ukrainian strike on Monday morning targeted the crucial bridge linking Russia to Crimea, which Russia annexed years ago. The governor of Russia&#8217;s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, confirmed two deaths, a couple, and their daughter was injured during the incident while they were traveling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1975013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}