Ukrainian navy and intelligence behind Crimean bridge attack, source quoted by Ukrinform says
While the operation which targeted the Crimean bridge overnight has still not been officially claimed, the press agency Ukrinform, citing a source within the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), reports that the Ukrainian Navy and the SBU are behind it. They operated using naval surface drones.
“ It was difficult to reach the bridge, but it was finally accomplished “, said the same source, recalling the words of the head of the SBU, Vassyl Maliouk, according to which the bridge is a legitimate target for Ukraine.
Citing, too, an unidentified source at the SBU, Agence France-Presse also announced a little earlier that the operation had been carried out by the special services and the Ukrainian naval forces.
Natalia Houmenyuk, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Southern Command, previously told the public broadcaster suspension that it could be a Russian provocation before the expiry, this Monday at 11 p.m., of the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports.
” With such a concentration of naval groups in this area and general tension in the context of the issue of extending the grain agreement, the creation of similar provocations, which the occupation authorities in Crimea immediately and very loudly report , is a typical way of solving such problems on the part of the occupation authorities in Crimea and the aggressor country in general “, she explained.