Putin summons security council after Crimean bridge blast – POLITICO

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will maintain a gathering of his nationwide safety council on Monday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov informed Russian state-owned information company TASS on Sunday, following a fiery explosion on a strategic Crimean bridge on Saturday.

Though Peskov declined to say whether or not they would focus on the explosion on the Kerch Bridge connecting Russian-occupied Crimea to Russia, the blast that partially destroyed Putin’s pet infrastructure undertaking — which is essential to provide Russia’s navy preventing in Ukraine — is sure to be on the safety council’s agenda.

Over the previous weeks, the Kremlin has been making thinly veiled threats to make use of its nuclear arsenal towards Ukraine as Kyiv regains territory Russia has occupied in its invasion of the nation.

The newest Russian official to sabre-rattle was Col. Gen. Andrey Kartapolov, who heads the protection committee of the State Duma.

“There can be a solution” that “all [Ukrainians] will really feel” from the Russian facet if Ukraine is discovered to be liable for the blast that blew broken the Kerch Bridge, Kartapolov informed Russian information outlet Vedomosti on Sunday. “What the reply can be, we are going to discover out. Our President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief by no means does what ‘companions’ count on from him. He does what is just not anticipated of him,” Kartapolov stated.

The Ukrainian authorities to date hasn’t been commenting concerning the origins of the obvious bombing. The nation’s safety service posted a cryptic message on Telegram Saturday after the blast, which reads: “Daybreak, The bridge is properly ablaze; Nightingale in Crimea, The SBU [Ukrainian security service] meets,” with an image of the broken bridge.

Russia opened an investigation into the explosion, and Russia’s Overseas Ministry is pointing the finger at Ukraine. “The response of the Kyiv regime to the destruction of civilian infrastructure testifies to its terrorist nature,” ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated, based on Russian information outlet Kommersant.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to say whether or not they would focus on the explosion on the Kerch Bridge connecting Russian-occupied Crimea to Russia | AFP through Getty Photographs

Concern is mounting that Russia would possibly resort to a nuclear response. Pope Francis on Sunday stated that “we must always not overlook the hazard of nuclear conflict,” asking “Why don’t we study from historical past?”

In the meantime, Ukraine’s Protection Ministry stated the Russian military killed some 17 civilians within the Ukrainian space of Zaporizhzhia on Sunday.

“A missile assault on the civilian inhabitants of Zaporizhzhia destroyed residential homes, the place individuals slept at evening, lived, didn’t assault anybody,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated.

Originally published at Gold Coast News HQ