{"id":1975253,"date":"2023-07-17T14:56:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T18:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-says-russia-is-preparing-response-to-attack-on-crucial-bridge-to-crimea\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T14:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T18:59:09","slug":"putin-says-russia-is-preparing-response-to-attack-on-crucial-bridge-to-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-says-russia-is-preparing-response-to-attack-on-crucial-bridge-to-crimea\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin: Russia ready to retaliate for attack on vital Crimea 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\">22<\/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%2Fputin-says-russia-is-preparing-response-to-attack-on-crucial-bridge-to-crimea%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=1975253&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--><div>\n\u200d  <\/p>\n<h2>Russian President\u200d Putin Responds to\u200b Attack on\u200c Crimea Bridge<\/h2>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u2063    <\/p>\n<p>Russian\u2064 president Vladimir Putin\u2062 said on \u2064Monday his defense ministry was preparing\u2064 proposals\u200c for \u200da response to an\u2063 overnight \u200cattack \u200bthat \u200cdamaged the\u2063 road\u200d bridge \u200dlinking Crimea to southern Russia, \u200bfor which \u200bhe\u2063 blamed Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<div>\n \u200d\u2063  \u200b <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2062   <\/p>\n<p><a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200b  \u200b<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Consequences\u2062 of the Attack<\/h3>\n<p>At\u200d the end\u2063 of \u2062a televised \u200cvideo \u200bmeeting \u200dwith national and\u200b regional\u2062 officials to assess \u2064the consequences of the attack,\u2064 Putin called it \u200da cruel and\u2063 senseless \u2063act, as he said the bridge &#8220;has not\u200b been used\u2063 for \u200bmilitary\u200d transportation for\u2062 a \u2064long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Russian authorities \u2062had said a \u2062couple driving over the bridge to \u2063go\u200b on\u2063 holiday in Crimea \u200bhad \u200cbeen killed, and their \u200d14-year-old daughter \u2064had been injured.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv\u2064 did \u200bnot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-says-russia-is-preparing-response-to-attack-on-crucial-bridge-to-crimea\/\" title=\"Putin: Russia ready to retaliate for attack on vital Crimea bridge.\">officially claim responsibility<\/a>, but Ukrainian media said \u200bUkrainian\u200d security \u200dservices\u2063 had deployed maritime \u200bdrones \u2064against\u200d the\u2062 bridge.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>The\u200b attack \u2062was similar to \u200cone in October,\u200c implicitly claimed by\u200c Ukraine,\u2063 that \u200dput\u200b both\u200d the \u2064road and rail bridges out of action for a \u200btime.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<h3>Putin Demands Security\u2064 Proposals<\/h3>\n<p>After \u2063two such incidents \u200cin\u200b his war \u2063with Ukraine, \u200bPutin demanded &#8220;concrete&#8221; \u2063proposals to ensure the security\u200c of the \u2063bridge, a prestige project that he instigated \u2064after Russia \u2063seized and then unilaterally annexed the peninsula on \u2063the \u2062Black Sea\u200c from Ukraine in \u200d2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u200b has vowed to \u200ctake Crimea \u200dback, along \u200bwith\u2064 all the territory that Russia has seized since\u200b launching \u2064a full-scale\u200c invasion of Ukraine\u2014which Moscow\u200d calls a\u200b &#8220;special \u2063military operation&#8221;\u2014in \u200dFebruary\u2064 2022.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b \u200d<\/p>\n<h3>Impact on\u2062 Summer \u200bHoliday\u200c Season<\/h3>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<p>The latest attack coincided with \u200cthe summer \u200bholiday\u200d season, and \u2063meant Russian tourists wanting to \u200cdrive to or from Crimea \u200cwould face \u200bthe \u2062prospect \u2064of long\u200c queues for a \u200bcar\u2064 ferry, or crossing \u2063territory seized\u200d by Russia that Ukraine \u2064has \u2064vowed to recapture.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy prime minister Marat Khusnullin told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-health-officials-refuse-to-reveal-data-behind-lockdown-reversal\/\" title=\"Calif. health officials refuse to reveal data behind lockdown reversal\">video conference<\/a> that there \u200cwas no \u200ddamage to\u2064 the\u200d pylons\u200c of the 19-km (12-mile) bridge, \u200bbut that a span\u200b carrying\u2063 traffic in\u2064 one direction had\u2064 been\u200b completely\u2064 destroyed and would \u2062have\u2064 to be rebuilt.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>He said\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-county-prepares-for-toxic-waste-water-spill\/\" title=\"Fla. county prepares for toxic waste water spill\">road traffic<\/a>\u2064 would resume in one direction by Sept.\u200d 15, \u2063and would be \u200brestored\u2064 in \u200dboth \u2063directions by \u2064Nov. 1.\u2062 The parallel \u2063railway bridge was not damaged.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv says \u200bRussians have no business holidaying on \u200cseized territory,\u2064 especially \u2064while \u2064Moscow is bombing Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  <\/p>\n<div>\n  \u200d \u200c <\/p>\n<p><a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2062target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>(Writing \u200cby Kevin \u2064Liffey; \u2062Editing by\u2062 Sandra Maler)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday that his defense ministry was formulating a response to the recent attack on the Crimean bridge, which he attributed to Ukraine. 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