{"id":1975537,"date":"2023-07-17T19:07:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T23:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-fumes-at-underlings-about-second-crimea-bridge-attack\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T19:10:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T23:10:25","slug":"putin-fumes-at-underlings-about-second-crimea-bridge-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-fumes-at-underlings-about-second-crimea-bridge-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin angrily confronts subordinates over &#8216;second&#8217; Crimea bridge attack."},"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\">18<\/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-fumes-at-underlings-about-second-crimea-bridge-attack%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=1975537&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>Russian President\u2064 Putin\u200d Faces Backlash \u2062as \u2062Ukraine Strikes Crimea \u2064Bridge<\/h2>\n<p>Russian \u200cPresident\u200b Vladimir Putin\u2063 sent\u200d subordinates \u2064scrambling\u200c to explain\u2063 their failure\u200b to\u200d protect the \u2064Crimea \u2064bridge \u2063from \u200bUkraine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms \"A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured\" in Germany\">forces<\/a>, which policymakers \u2064in \u2064Kyiv\u2063 celebrated\u200c as\u2063 \u201ca blow\u201d to \u2064the \u2063strategic \u2064and symbolic span linking Russia&#8217;s\u200d mainland to the occupied Ukrainian\u2062 peninsula.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u200b\u200d \u200b  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bridge became a\u200d symbol \u2062for Putin and a symbol \u2064of Putin&#8217;s\u200c control over\u200b Crimea, \u200dand that&#8217;s\u200b why we \u200bneed \u200dto\u200d destroy it, even right\u200c now,\u201d senior \u2063Ukrainian \u2062lawmaker \u200bOleksander Merezhko, who\u2064 chairs\u2064 the Ukrainian \u2063parliament\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-republicans-call-on-biden-administration-to-act-swiftly-on-ethiopia-crisis\/\" title=\"Congressional Republicans Call on Biden Administration to Act Swiftly on Ethiopia Crisis\">foreign affairs committee<\/a>, told \u200cthe \u2064Washington \u2062Examiner. \u200d\u201cIt \u200cwill deliver\u2064 a blow\u200d to\u2063 the\u200c image of\u200c Putin in Russia, \u200dand it will\u200c show that \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-to-apply-for-eu-membership\/\" title=\"Georgia to Apply for EU Membership\">de-occupation<\/a> and \u2063liberation of\u2062 Crimea has started.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Ukrainian \u2063Forces Strike Crimea Bridge<\/h3>\n<p>Ukrainian\u2064 forces \u200breportedly hit\u200c the bridge \u2062with \u200ba\u2064 pair \u200bof \u200bnaval\u2063 drones\u200c overnight, an early\u200b morning\u200b strike that caused \u2063part of \u2062the roadway to collapse. \u2063The attack angered senior\u200b Russian leaders, as Putin\u200d made\u2062 clear his impatience\u200c with the failures\u200d to \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-fumes-at-underlings-about-second-crimea-bridge-attack\/\" title=\"Putin angrily confronts subordinates over 'second' Crimea bridge attack.\">protect\u2062 high-profile ground\u2063 transportation \u200dlinks<\/a>\u200b between\u2063 Russia \u200band\u2062 Crimea.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  \u200b  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that this is \u2062the second \u200dterrorist\u200c attack\u2062 on\u2064 the \u2063Crimean bridge, I am\u200c waiting\u200b for \u2064concrete\u200d proposals \u200bto improve the security\u2063 of this\u200c strategically important \u200dtransport facility,\u201d\u2064 Putin told Kremlin \u2063officials.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200b early \u200dmorning strike killed \u200dtwo \u2063adults who \u200bhappened to be driving on \u2064the bridge at the\u2062 time and injured their daughter, according to Russian \u2064officials\u200b and footage that\u2064 circulated\u200d on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-kind-of-a-jerk-carlson-mocks-implosion-of-2-gop-hopefuls-during-interview-with-beck\/\" title=\"Carlson ridicules downfall of 2 GOP candidates in chat with Beck\">social \u2063media<\/a>. It \u2063underscored \u2062the vulnerability \u2062of\u200c a key \u2062ground transportation \u200dlink between Russia and \u2063Crimea \u200bjust months \u2063after \u200bPutin \u200cdrove across \u2063the \u2063bridge in \u200border\u200c to showcase \u200dthe \u2064repairs following\u200b an\u2062 October\u200d strike.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2062   \u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe terrorist\u2064 act seriously \u200bdamaged \u200dthe \u200croad\u200b along several \u200dspans of\u2063 the\u2063 Crimean \u200dbridge,\u2064 and\u200d as a \u2062result,\u200c auto \u2064and\u2064 railway \u2064traffic was\u2064 halted,\u201d\u200d Putin\u2064 said. \u2062\u201cThe Federal Security\u200d Service, the Investigative\u200d Committee,\u2064 and\u2064 a number \u200bof other\u200d departments \u200cwere instructed to investigate\u200d the incident thoroughly. I am sure \u2062they will establish all the\u200c facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Retaliatory \u2062Measures \u200dand \u2063Threats<\/h3>\n<p>Russian \u2063Defense\u2062 Ministry\u200c officials\u2064 have\u2062 been\u2062 assigned to \u200cdevelop\u2062 a retaliatory \u2064attack \u2063\u2014 \u201cNaturally, \u200cRussia\u2019s \u2062response \u200cwill follow,\u201d\u200d the\u200b Kremlin chief\u2063 said \u200b\u2014 and another \u2064senior official \u2062argued\u2062 that\u2062 the response should \u2064involve \u201ctargeted \u200cand quite \u2062inhumane\u2064 steps\u201d\u200b to assassinate\u200d Ukrainian officials and \u2063their\u200b families.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n   \u200b \u2064<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir own homes and \u2064the\u2062 houses\u200c of their\u200c relatives \u2064should be\u200b blown \u200dup,\u201d \u200cKremlin \u2062Security \u200dCouncil\u2063 Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, a \u2064former Russian president \u200cunder \u200cPutin, said earlier Monday.\u2062 &#8220;Eliminating the\u200b supreme\u2062 commanders of\u2063 terrorist units is\u2064 key.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ukrainian \u200cofficials \u200chave \u2064learned\u2062 to\u2063 shrug at \u200bsuch threats. \u201cIt\u200b was constructed illegally in violation of international \u2064law,\u2064 so sooner or later \u2064it should\u200b be\u2064 destroyed,\u201d \u200cMerezhko\u200d said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK\u200c HERE\u2063 TO READ \u200cMORE\u200b FROM\u200b THE WASHINGTON\u200c EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin was displeased with his subordinates for failing to safeguard the Crimea bridge from Ukraine&#8217;s forces. The policymakers in Kyiv saw this as a significant setback for the strategic and symbolic link between Russia&#8217;s mainland and the occupied Ukrainian peninsula. The bridge held great importance for Putin, representing his control over Crimea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1975538,"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-1975537","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\/1975537","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=1975537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}