Russian Foreign Ministry threatens response for attempts to bring down Crimean Bridge

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, has promised a "tough response" and "punishment" for trying to "finish off" the Crimean Bridge.

Source: Zakharova at a briefing at the Eastern Economic Forum

Quote: "A few days ago, [Nataliia – ed.] Humeniuk, the spokesperson for Operational Command Pivden [South], said that the Crimean Bridge had very little time left. He [sic] noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would ‘continue their work’... Probably trying to bring down the bridge...

... [the Ukrainian ‘regime’] is not ceasing in its efforts to prove that it intends to continue its attempts to target exclusively civilian infrastructure, such as the Crimean Bridge. Kyiv does not think about the consequences.

I would like to remind [Kyiv] that the response, if everything they have said here happens, will be harsh. Those who hatch such plans against our country will not be able to hide from punishment."

Details: Zakharova mistakenly referred to Nataliia Humeniuk as a man several times.

In the spirit of Russian propaganda, Zakharova called the attacks on the bridge extremism on the part of the "Ukrainian regime covered in blood".

Background: Last July, former President Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, threatened Ukraine with "Judgment Day" for the attack on Crimea. Attacks on the peninsula began at the end of August last year. The Crimean Bridge was attacked in October of the same year.

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