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Russia’s FSB arrests eight for Crimea Bridge blast
2022.10.12 02:34
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows a close up view of smoke rising from a fire on the Kerch bridge in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, October 8, 2022. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that it had detained five Russians and three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia over the explosion that damaged the Crimea Bridge last Saturday, Interfax reported.
The FSB said the explosion was organised by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, and its director Kyrylo Budanov.
