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/* Kerch Strait bridge terror attack */
In August 2022 Zelensky aid [[Mykhailo Podolyak]] told the ''[[Guardian]]'' there could be more attacks in the “next two or three months” similar to strikes on a railway junction and an airbase in Crimea, as well as a hit on Russian warplanes at Crimea's Saky aerodrome. Podolyak told the ''Guardian'' that the Kerch Strait bridge linking Crimea with the Russian mainland was a target. “It’s an illegal construction and the main gateway to supply the Russian army in Crimea. Such objects should be destroyed,” he said.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/16/creating-chaos-zelenskiys-adviser-outlines-ukraines-military-strategy</ref> On August 18, 2022, the Russians reported shooting down surveillance drones over the Kerch Strait bridge.
Podolyak took credit for the terrorist attack and destruction of civilian infrastructure: "Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled."<ref>https://archive.ph/jJC0P</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) were behind the terrorist attack.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-live-briefing-kyiv-celebrates-crimean-bridge-blast-russia-appoints-new-top-commander/ar-AA12Jldo</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/6V1mnXNczHI?t=1487</ref> The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) determined that Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukrainian military intelligence, was the chief organizer on the Ukrainian end.<ref>https://nypost.com/2022/10/12/russia-arrests-8-in-crimea-bridge-blast-blames-ukraine/</ref> Ukrainian foreign minister [[Dmytro Kuleba ]] confirmed that the Kyiv regime was behind the terrorist attack.<ref>https://youtu.be/uKZnhactW6k</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/hac6kaA68CQ</ref> The Ukrainian Post Office issued a commemorative stamp to honor the terrorist attack.<ref>https://youtu.be/CHhq783BNo8</ref> The attack was an act of state-sponsored terrorism by the government of Ukraine with U.S. taxpayer money.
====Russia warns the UK government====
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