Russian President Putin said the Crimea bridge explosion was a terrorist action planned by the Ukrainian task force.

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The Russian President met the leader of the National Investigation Committee Alexander Bastrykin and was presented by Mr. Bastrykin's results on the explosion on the Crimea Bridge.

Russian President Putin presided over the meeting on agricultural issues at Sochi on September 27.

According to the leader of the Russian National Investigation Commission, the investigation team, including forensic science experts and explosive materials, went to the scene of the Crimea Bridge explosion, specifically considered to make a preliminary conclusion.

Ukraine has not responded to Putin's statement.

Russian officials informed the bomb installed in the cargo truck when the car moved on the Crimea Bridge on October 8, causing an explosion that damaged a part of the project.

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Traffic via Crimea bridge on cars and railway lanes suspended after the incident.

The Kerch strait bridge was started in 2015, after Russia merged the Crimea peninsula, and completed in 2018. The bridge worth billions of dollars connecting the Crimea peninsula with the Krasnodar region in southwest of Russia.

After opening a military campaign at the end of February, Russia used this bridge to transport armor, weapons and ammunition to southern Ukraine.

The British Defense Ministry assessed the capacity of Crimea bridge seriously decreased after the explosion, the risk of impacting the Russian forces in southern Ukraine.

The satellite photo of the US company shows the sections on the crimea's car lane collapsed after the explosion and the fire on the rail lane.