{"id":1975266,"date":"2023-07-17T15:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moscow-claims-ukraine-attacked-key-crimea-bridge\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T15:09:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:09:46","slug":"moscow-claims-ukraine-attacked-key-crimea-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moscow-claims-ukraine-attacked-key-crimea-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow alleges Ukraine attacked vital Crimea bridge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fmoscow-claims-ukraine-attacked-key-crimea-bridge%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=1975266&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 class=\"entry-content\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t <figure\u200d class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption \u200cclass=\"wp-element-caption\">A\u2064 view through a train\u2063 window shows the\u2062 section\u200b of a\u200d road \u2063split \u200band sloping\u200c to one \u2064side following\u200c an \u200balleged attack on\u2062 the \u2062Crimea \u2063Bridge, that\u2062 connects \u200dthe Russian mainland\u200b with the \u2064Crimean peninsula across the\u200b Kerch \u2063Strait, in this\u2063 still image\u2063 from video\u2062 taken July 17, 2023. (Photo\u200b by:\u2063 REUTERS\/Stringer) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>    \u200b<\/p>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/noah-herring\">Noah \u200bHerring<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>11:58\u200d AM \u2013 Monday, \u200dJuly 17, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>   \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian naval\u2062 drones\u200c launched an\u2064 attack on Monday on a major bridge that\u2063 links Russia to the \u200dCrimean \u2063Peninsula, killing two\u2062 people \u200band seriously injuring \u2064one, according \u2064to \u2062the\u2063 Kremlin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" \u2062style=\"min-width:\u200b 320px;\u200b min-height:\u200c 50px;  text-align: center;\"> \u2063 \t<script> \u2064 \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1');\u200b });  \t<\/script>  \u2062<\/div>\n<p> \u2064 \u2063<div\u200d class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>   \u2063 \u200c  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>The bridge,\u200c which\u200c was a\u2064 symbolic and strategically\u2064 important\u200d piece of infrastructure that President Vladimir Putin opened in 2018, connects the road and\u200d rail traffic \u2062from Russia \u200dto the Ukrainian\u200b peninsula that Moscow\u2063 annexed in\u200b 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064 \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Russian \u2062officials indicated that \u200dthe \u200bKerch\u200b Bridge, \u200bwhich is nearly 12 miles long, was\u2062 hit\u200d by two\u200d strikes from \u201cunmanned naval surface \u2064vehicles,\u201d the National \u2063Antiterrorism\u200c Committee said \u2062in a\u200d statement.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c  \u2062 \u200c<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u200d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is \u2064damage to \u2064the\u200b roadway \u200bon spans of the Crimean\u2064 Bridge,\u201d\u2063 Russia\u2019s Transport Ministry\u2062 said on \u200dTelegram. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  \u2062  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>The spans on a\u2062 bridge are \u200dthe lengths\u2064 between the \u2064support \u2062piers. Images\u2062 provided by \u2062The\u2064 Associated Press showed that \u200ca section of the road had\u2063 collapsed\u2064 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moscow-claims-ukraine-attacked-key-crimea-bridge\/\" title=\"Moscow alleges Ukraine attacked vital Crimea bridge.\">warped metal\u2063 girders hanging<\/a>\u2064 towards the \u200cwater.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  \u200d \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>A man and a\u2062 woman \u2064who were driving\u200b on the bridge were killed \u200band \u200btheir daughter\u2062 was \u200dseriously \u200cinjured, according to the\u2064 statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Putin\u200d spokesman Dmitry Peskov\u2064 said at\u200b a daily briefing that Russia knew \u201cthe \u200creasons\u201d \u2064behind \u201cthis terrorist act,\u201d \u200bbut\u2062 did not elaborate further. \u2063Both Peskov\u200b and the \u200dcountry\u2019s foreign \u200dministry \u2062claimed\u200c Western involvement \u2062in the incident, however, \u2063they\u2062 did \u200cnot cite \u200bany \u2062evidence\u2064 for that\u200b belief.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   \u200b <\/p>\n<blockquote \u200cclass=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIf\u2064 the\u2062 Western origin \u200bof the naval surface\u2062 drones that attacked the\u200c bridge\u2062 \u2014 \u2062as well as the \u2064role of Western countries\u200c in planning, sponsoring \u200cand carrying\u2064 out \u2062this operation \u2014 is \u200drevealed,\u200b this will confirm their complicity in \u200dthe terrorist\u200d activities of\u200c the \u2064Kyiv regime,\u201d \u2064the\u200c foreign ministry said in \u200ba statement<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>   \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s military intelligence\u2064 spokesperson, Andriy \u200cYusov, declined to\u200c comment on whether or\u200d not\u200d Ukraine \u2062was involved \u200bwith the attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b \u2062 \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Natalia \u2064Humeniuk,\u2063 a spokesperson \u2062for \u200cUkraine\u2019s southern command,\u200d claimed that it could \u2064be \u200bRussia behind \u200cthe attack, \u200bproposing that the \u2062Kremlin attacked \u200citself.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  \u200d\u200b  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cGiven the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-arrests-thousands-during-protests-backing-opposition-leader-navalny\/\" title=\"Russia Arrests Thousands During Protests Backing Opposition Leader Navalny\">unprecedented security measures<\/a>\u2063 that\u2064 the\u200c Russians have been taking for a \u200blong time around the Crimean bridge, they \u200bmost likely controlled \u2063this entire \u200bsituation\u2062 and it continues \u200dto\u200d unfold\u200d according to\u2062 the \u2062script\u2062 programmed by them,\u201d she \u2063said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200b \u2064  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich\u2062 is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div\u200d class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" \u200ddata-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\"\u2063 class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element \u200dtwitter-tweet\"\u2063 data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\"\u2063 dir=\"ltr\">Overnight:\u200d Ukraine \u2062targeted the\u2062 Kerch Bridge with \u200cmaritime drones, \u2064damaging\u200c the \u2063only \u2064road \u200clink between\u200c Russia and Crimea <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4G17J3hMGv\">pic.twitter.com\/4G17J3hMGv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trey Yingst \u2062(@TreyYingst) <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TreyYingst\/status\/1680941618533134338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script \u200ctype=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" \u200basync\u2064 data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>   \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>In October,\u200c Russia blamed \u2063Ukraine for a \u2064separate \u200cexplosion that damaged\u2063 the \u200bbridge, which\u200d Ukraine initially denied.\u2063 However, Ukraine later\u200c admitted indirectly that \u2064they\u200b were responsible for\u200d the attack\u200b just months later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u2063\u2063   <\/p>\n<p>Hours after the event,\u200b Russia announced that it will expire a\u200b deal with \u2062Ukraine \u2063that allowed\u200b the export of Ukrainian\u200d grain, sparking \u200cfear of \u2062food \u200dinsecurity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u200c    <\/p>\n<p>Peskov\u2062 claimed that \u2063the decision to let \u200bthe deal \u200dexpire\u200d was \u2064not related to the\u2064 drone\u2062 strike on the \u2063bridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive \u2062breaking news blasts directly\u200c to\u200d your inbox \u200dfor free. Subscribe here. <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2062 \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u200d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>54 years\u200b ago, \u200bApollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida, \u200bbecoming the \u200cfirst rocket to\u200c land on the moon.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Paul Manafort<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Siggy\u200c Flicker<\/p>\n<p>\u2062 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u2064 \u200b\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>with\u200d Tara Thornton<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u200d class=\"entry-content\"> \u2062 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>By Huw \u2064Jones\u2064 LONDON (Reuters) \u2013\u2063 Globally agreed rules \u2062leave \u200dcrypto firms with no \u2062option but\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sensitive-military-messages-accidentally-sent-to-african-nation-due-to-pentagon-typo\/\" title=\"Pentagon Typo Sends Sensitive Military Messages to African Nation\">introduce basic \u2064safeguards<\/a> to prevent\u2026 <\/p>\n<p> \u2062\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OSLO \u2063(Reuters) \u2063\u2013 Facebook \u2064and Instagram owner Meta Platforms \u2062will \u200dbe fined one million crowns \u200b($100,000) per \u200cday over privacy breaches \u2062unless\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u200d class=\"entry-content\">\u2064  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>LONDON \u200b(Reuters) \u2013 The United Nations Security\u200c Council will hold its \u200dfirst formal discussion on\u200c artificial \u200cintelligence\u200b (AI) this week in \u2064New\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u2063 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>BEIJING (Reuters)\u2063 \u2013\u2064 Chinese President Xi \u200cJinping \u2062said\u2063 China \u200cmust build a \u201csolid\u201d\u2062 security barrier around its\u200c internet under \u2063the \u2062supervision\u200d of\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>\u200d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A train window reveals a road split and sloping after an alleged attack on the Crimea Bridge. 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