'The explosive device was concealed in rolls with polyethylene construction film on 22 pallets with a total weight of 22,770 kilograms.' 9News
Russia's Federal Security Service claimed the main intelligence department of the Ukraine's Ministry of Defence, its head Kyrylo Budanov, and its employees and agents organised the "terrorist attack" on the Kerch Strait road-and-rail bridge, Russian state media has reported.
, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 in a move roundly criticised by the international community. Russian officials had earlier claimed the explosion was caused by a truck blowing up on the road bridge. The report said the explosive device had been sent from the port of Odesa in early August this year through Bulgaria, Georgia and Armenia, Russian state media TASS reported.
At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured during the attacks, which targeted critical energy infrastructure across Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities, according to Ukrainian officials.
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