The White House national security spokesman declined to comment on the explosion that damaged the bridge between Russia and temporarily occupied Crimea.
Reuters writes about it.
"We donʼt really have anything more to add to the reports about the explosion on the bridge," White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on ABCʼs This Week.
"What I can tell you is that Mr. Putin started this war, and Mr. Putin could end it today, simply by moving his troops out of the country," he added.
Kirby also said the two sides should find a way to negotiate an end to the war, but Russian President Putin has shown no interest in doing so.
"Quite the contrary. By calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists, by politically annexing, or at least trying to annex four areas of Ukraine, he has shown every indication that he is doubling down," said the White House national security spokesman.
According to Kirby, this is why the United States authorities communicate with Ukrainians almost every day and will continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine.
- On the morning of October 8, an explosion occurred on the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia with the occupied Crimea, as a result of which two spans of the roadway collapsed. Traffic on the bridge was blocked, and Putin instructed to create a government commission in connection with the emergency.
- The PlanetScope service published satellite images of the Kerch Bridge after the explosion.
- The bridge across the Kerch Strait was opened in May 2018, and within a year, Russia launched a railway connection with it. From the beginning of the full-scale invasion in Ukraine, they began to discuss the idea of destroying this bridge because it is through it that Russia transfers reinforcements to its army.