Putin convenes meeting regarding Crimean Bridge attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting regarding the Crimean Bridge situation on Monday evening. 

Source: Interfax news agency, quoting Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov 

Details: Putin has instructed Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin to organise repair works on the Crimean Bridge immediately. 

Peskov said that earlier, Putin listened to reports from Khusnullin, FSB chief Aleksandr Bortnikov, Transport Minister Vitalii Saveliev and Russian-installed Crimean leader Sergey Aksyonov about the aftermath of the attack on the bridge. 

Background: 

• Sergey Aksyonov, so-called head of the Russian administration in occupied Crimea, said an "emergency" had occurred on the Crimean Bridge and the bridge has therefore been closed for traffic. Russian Telegram channels have reported that a span on the bridge collapsed. 
• Russian media have previously asserted that the Crimean Bridge was guarded from the sky by fighter jets and underwater by divers and "combat dolphins". 
• Ukrainska Pravda sources reported that the overnight attack on the Crimean Bridge was a special operation by the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Navy.
• A traffic jam has built up on the way from the peninsula to Russia due to the damage to the Crimean Bridge, and many cars were queuing for the ferry on the morning of 17 July.

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