Putin labels attack on bridge to Crimea a terrorist act, Russian media reports

Flame and smoke rise fron Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, Crimea, Saturday, Oct. 8 (AP Photo)

President Vladimir Putin has called the attack on the Kerch Bridge to Crimea a terrorist act carried out by Ukrainian special services, according to Russian media.

“There’s no doubt it was a terrorist act directed at the destruction of critically important civilian infrastructure,” Mr Putin said in a video of a Sunday meeting with the chairman of Russia’s Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin.