Russian President Putin will chair a meeting with his Security Council, days after an explosion on a key bridge linking Crimea to Russia.
The meeting itself isn’t out of the ordinary – Putin regularly holds operational meetings with the Security Council, usually on a weekly basis, according to TASS. However, it comes just days after a major humiliation for the Russian President, when an explosion severely damaged parts of the road and rail bridge between annexed Crimea and the Russian Federation early Saturday.
” The crossing was opened by Putin himself in 2018, and Ukrainian reaction to the explosion has been gleeful and triumphant. In a possible act of retaliation, a round of Russian missile strikes on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed 12 early Sunday, according to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. At least 87 civilians, including 10 children, were injured, Oleksandr Starukh, head of Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, said Sunday.
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