‘ There will be an answer ’ to the explosion on the Kerch Bridge, Duma defense commission head says.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting of his public security council on Monday, Kremlin prophet Dmitry Peskov told Russian state-possessed news agency TASS on Sunday, following a fiery explosion on a strategic Crimean ground on Saturday.
Although Peskov declined to say whether they would bandy the explosion on the Kerch Bridge connecting Russian- engaged Crimea to Russia, the blast that incompletely destroyed Putin’s pet structure design which is crucial to supply Russia’s military fighting in Ukraine is bound to be on the security council’s docket.
Over the once weeks, the Kremlin has been making thinly veiled pitfalls to use its nuclear magazine against Ukraine as Kyiv regains home Russia has enthralled in its irruption of the country.
The rearmost Russian functionary to saber rattle was. Gen. Andrey Kartapolov, who heads the defense commission of the State Duma.
“ There will be an answer ” that “ all( Ukrainians) will feel ” from the Russian side if Ukraine is set up to be responsible for the blast that blew and damaged the Kerch Bridge, Kartapolov told Russian news outlet Vedomosti on Sunday. “ What the answer will be, we will find out. Our President and Supreme Commander- in- Chief noway does what ‘ mates ’ anticipate from him. He does what isn't anticipated of him, ” Kartapolov said.
The Ukrainian government so far hasn’t been opining about the origins of the apparent bombing. The country’s security service posted a cryptic communication on Telegram Saturday after the blast, which reads “ Dawn, The ground is well ablaze; Nightingale in Crimea, The SBU( Ukrainian security service) meets, ” with a picture of the damaged ground.
Russia opened a disquisition into the explosion, and Russia’s Foreign Ministry is pointing the cutlet at Ukraine. “ The response of the Kyiv governance to the destruction of mercenary structure testifies to its terrorist nature, ” ministry prophet Maria Zakharova said, according to Russian news outlet Kommersant.
Fear is mounting that Russia might resort to a nuclear response. Pope Francis on Sunday said that “ we shouldn't forget the peril of nuclear war, ” asking “ Why don’t we learn from history? ”
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said the Russian army killed some 17 civilians in the Ukrainian area of Zaporizhzhia on Sunday.
“ A bullet attack on the mercenary population of Zaporizhzhia destroyed domestic houses, where people slept at night, lived, didn’t attack anyone, ” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.