Russia's Foreign Ministry condemned on Saturday what it called Ukraine's “terrorist attack” on the Crimean Bridge, saying it put innocent civilians' lives at risk, and vowed retaliation.
“There can be no justification for such barbaric actions and they will not go unanswered,” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.
Earlier, Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces had thwarted a Ukrainian rocket attack on the 12-mile (19 km) bridge, which links Russian-annexed Crimea to Russia across the Kerch Strait.
Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
The ministry said Russian forces had also shot down a number of Ukrainian drones targeting the peninsula.
