On Wednesday, August 17, Ukraine threatened to dismantle the Kerch Bridge, built at great expense by Moscow to connect Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula, where several explosions have occurred at Russian military bases.
“This bridge is an illegal structure, and Ukraine did not give permission for its construction. It is harming the ecology of the peninsula and should therefore be dismantled. No matter how, voluntary or not“Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the president of Ukraine, wrote in Telegram.
“Subversive action”
The Kerch Bridge, opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin in May 2018, was a massive and costly project to build a 12-mile long link between mainland Russia and Crimea, four years after the peninsula was annexed by Moscow. Mykhailo Podoliak’s veiled threat comes after a series of bombings in Crimea, which Russia is using as a rear base for its invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24.
On Tuesday, an attack was carried out on an ammunition depot at a military base near Yanko in northern Crimea, where Moscow provoked “act of sabotagewithout naming those responsible. A week ago, explosions took place at the Russian military airport of Saki in the west of the peninsula, as a result of which one person was killed and several others were injured.
Although Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for these attacks, its officials have not been able to ironically suggest that the incidents were caused by poorly extinguished cigarettes or poor compliance with fire regulations. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky assured him that Kyiv.will never give upHis intention to take Crimea back from Russia.
Source: Le Figaro
