The administration of US President Joseph Biden played a significant role in both attacks on the Crimean Bridge.
This was reported by American investigative journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh, citing the words of an unnamed American official.
Hersh’s new article is published on his page on the Substack platform.
What role did the Biden administration play in the Crimean Bridge attacks?
The American official quoted by Hersh said that American technology was used in the attacks on the Crimean Bridge.
Of course, these were our technologies. The drone was controlled remotely and was half submerged in water, like a torpedo, – the journalist quotes the official.
When asked by Hersh whether the Biden administration, before the attack on the Crimean Bridge, thought about the possibility of retaliation from Russia, the official replied that the White House did not think that far and that Washington’s strategy is that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky can do everything. whatever he wants, and that “there is no adult supervision.”
The Biden administration’s role in both attacks was significant. the journalist states.
Attacks on the Crimean Bridge
The first attack on the Crimean Bridge occurred on October 8, 2022. Early in the morning, a truck exploded on the road part of the bridge, after which 7 tanks with fuel from a train traveling along the railway caught fire.
As a result of the explosion, three passengers in a car driving next to the truck were killed. There was a partial collapse of two car spans on the bridge; the arch supports for the passage of ships were not damaged.
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation named the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and personally its chief Kirill Budanov as the organizer of the terrorist attack. 8 defendants were detained in the case.
The second attack occurred on the night of July 17, the bridge was attacked by two Ukrainian surface drones. As a result of the attack, a married couple from the Belgorod region was killed and their 14-year-old daughter was injured.
The vehicle part of the bridge was damaged. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case regarding the terrorist attack.
