The Ukrainian postal service announced that it would issue stamps commemorating the blast like it did after the sinking of the Moskva, a Russian flagship cruiser, by an Ukrainian strike in late May. The reason is simple: if you build something explosive, then sooner or later it will explode,” David Arakhamia, the leader of the Servant of the People party, wrote on Telegram.
“Russian illegal construction is starting to fall apart and catch fire. The parliamentary leader of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s party on Saturday stopped short of claiming that Kyiv was responsible but appeared to cast it as a consequence of Moscow’s takeover of Crimea. The statements, especially from Zyuganov and Slutsky, may herald a decision by Putin to declare a counterterrorism operation.
Sergei Mironov, the head of the Just Russia faction in parliament, said that Russia should respond to the explosion on the bridge by attacking key Ukrainian infrastructure including power plants, bridges and railways. “The long-overdue measures haven’t been taken yet, the special operation must be turned into a counterterrorist operation,” he said. Gennady Zyuganov, the head of the Russian Communist Party, which is nominally in the opposition but votes in line with Kremlin wishes in parliament, said the “terror attack” should serve as a wake-up call. Leonid Slutsky, head of the foreign affairs committee in the lower house of Russian parliament, said “consequences will be imminent” if Ukraine is responsible. The speaker of Crimea’s Kremlin-backed regional parliament blamed Ukraine for the explosion, but downplayed the severity of the damage and said the bridge would be promptly repaired. Putin was informed about the explosion and he ordered the creation of a government panel to deal with the emergency. The ministry said vehicles would drive one way in one direction, and the flow would be alternated. Rail traffic would resume Saturday night, the Russian Transport Ministry said, and automobile traffic on one of the two links that remained intact would start up again soon. Train and automobile traffic over the bridge was suspended. Russia’s Energy Ministry said Crimea has enough fuel for 15 days and that it was working on ways to replenish stock. The Russian Defense Ministry said troops in the south were receiving necessary supplies through the land corridor and by sea.
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