MOSCOW: A Russian court on Thursday jailed eight people for life over huge 2022 explosions that partially destroyed the Crimean bridge, an attack both Kyiv and Moscow said was organized by Ukraine’s secret services.
Five people were killed when the 19-kilometer (12-mile) bridge which links the Crimean Peninsula to Russia was hit by a truck bomb blast on October 8, 2022, eight months after Moscow attacked Ukraine.
Kyiv later claimed responsibility for the blasts, saying they were aimed at hampering Moscow’s logistics.
The Crimean Peninsula — annexed by Russia in 2014 — has been a key supply route for Moscow’s troops fighting in the south of Ukraine.
“The defendants were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment,” Russia’s southern military court in the city of Rostov-on-Don said on Telegram.
