The terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge was planned by the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence service, Kirill Budanov, according to the Russian secret service (FSB), according to reports from TASS.
Russian intelligence also reported arresting eight suspects in connection with the Crimean bridge explosion. “So far, five Russian and three Ukrainian and Armenian citizens involved in the preparations for the attack have been arrested in criminal proceedings,” the FSB said. Tass reports it. So far, at least 12 accomplices have been identified in the preparations for the attack. Three Ukrainians, two Georgians and an Armenian citizen organized the delivery of explosives from Bulgaria first to Georgia and then to Armenia. In addition, according to Russian intelligence, another Ukrainian citizen and five identified Russians had prepared false documents for a non-existent company in Crimea to obtain the explosives.
Last Saturday’s attack on the Crimean bridge used 22,770 kg of explosives: the Russian Secret Service (FSB) announced this, stating that the explosives were loaded onto 22 pallets (for transport) and wrapped in rolls of construction polyethylene. Tass reports it. “The explosives were hidden in rolls of construction polyethylene on 22 pallets with a total weight of 22,770 kilos – according to the FSB -. It was shipped from the port of Odessa to the Bulgarian city of Ruse in early August.” The expedition was organized on the basis of an August 2 contract between Translogistics UA (Kyiv) and Baltex Capital (Ruse).
The Russian Secret Service (FSB) foiled a terrorist attack by Ukrainian special services aimed at a logistics terminal in the Russian city of Bryansk and arrested a Ukrainian citizen, the FSB itself said, as reported by Tass.
A first batch of twenty T-72 tanks has been sent from Belarus to the Belgorod region of Russia, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced in its daily report. The Belarusian military-industrial complex, the General Staff stressed, is already involved in repairing Russian equipment damaged during hostilities. Ukrinform reports this.
During the night, the Russian army fired seven S-300 missiles at the city of Zaporizhia and its suburbs, which is home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. “The enemy launched another night missile attack. Seven S-300 missiles were fired at Zaporizhia and its suburbs,” Oleksandr Starukh, head of the regional military administration, wrote on Telegram, as reported by Ukrinform. “Three rockets wreaked havoc in one of the villages near Zaporizhia: a building was partially destroyed, our rescuers pulled three people out of the rubble. There were no fatalities,” Starukh said. Since the beginning of the war, 242 civilians have been killed by Russian rockets in Zaporizhia.
Three civilians, including a 6-year-old girl, were injured overnight in Nikopol in southern Ukraine after a heavy attack by Russian forces, Dnipropetrovsk region governor Valentyn Reznichenko told the Kyiv Independent. According to Reznichenko, the city was hit by 100 bullets, damaging a house. The little girl and her mother were seriously injured. Over 30 buildings and houses, two kindergartens, a school, some shops, a gas pipeline system and power lines were damaged in the attack.
A loud explosion was heard this morning in Melitopol, a Russian-held city in southern Ukraine, Mayor Ivan Fedorov told the Kyiv Independent. According to preliminary information, a vehicle exploded. There is currently no information on victims.
Explosions were heard this morning in the Ukrainian region of Nikolayev in the south of the country, and anti-aircraft sirens sounded in eight Ukrainian regions, reports the Russian agency Tass, citing Ukrainian media (Obshchestvennoye and 24 TV).