Here we shoot down the missile again, latest! After Ukraine's statement, Crimea | Russia | Ukraine
According to Reuters, Sergei Akshonov, the leader of the Crimean region appointed by Russia, stated on July 9th that the Russian air defense system shot down a cruise missile near Kerch on the same day.
Akshonov said on the "Telegraph" social media platform that this incident did not cause any damage or casualties.
The report stated that Akshonov did not specify where the cruise missile was launched.
▲ Data image: Russian S-400 surface to air missile system live fire launch. Xinhua News Agency/Russian News Agency
In addition, according to the Sputnik News Agency of Russia, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Maliar admitted on the "Telegraph" social platform on the 8th that Kiev was responsible for the bombing of the Crimea Bridge in the autumn of 2022.
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Maria wrote, "273 days ago, the first strike on the Crimean Bridge was carried out to disrupt Russia's logistics transportation."
Regarding Ukraine's statement, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova responded on the 9th that the Ukrainian government is a "terrorist regime".
At the scene of the Crimean Bridge fire. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters
Zakharova said, "Now they have started implementing a 'self rescue' plan - systematically destroying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant."
Zakharova believes that the NATO summit should focus on this issue, as the vast majority of NATO member countries will be in a direct strike zone.
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On the early morning of October 8, 2022, a truck was blown up on the Crimean Bridge, causing seven oil tanks on a railway train to catch fire and some bridge decks to be damaged. Russian President Putin referred to the incident as a terrorist attack. The Russian side claims that the mastermind behind this incident is the Ukrainian special forces.
According to a previous report on the website of the Russian newspaper, Vasily Maliuk, Director of the Ukrainian National Security Agency, indirectly confirmed on May 26 that Ukraine was involved in the destruction of the Crimean Bridge. "Given that this is a logistics supply route that we must cut off, some specific measures have been taken," said Maliuk in response to a question from reporters about whether the Ukrainian National Security Agency is involved in the attack on the Crimean Bridge