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What Moscow said after the Crimean Bridge blast
Summary
A look back at the political backdrop on 10 October 2022, as Russia's leader blamed Ukraine's security service for the bridge explosion days after the annexation law.
What was the political picture in Russia's war on Ukraine on 10 October 2022? It was shaped by two developments from the preceding days: a formal annexation law and an accusation over an explosion on the Crimean Bridge.
The annexation steps
On 4 October 2022, the Federation Council of Russia unanimously approved the annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. The documents were then due for final signing by President Vladimir Putin.
On 5 October 2022, Putin signed a law formally annexing the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia into Russia.
The bridge accusation
On 9 October 2022, Putin formally accused Ukraine, and specifically the Security Service of Ukraine, of being behind the explosion on the Crimean Bridge. The blast killed three people and partially destroyed part of the bridge. Putin called it an act of terrorism.
By 10 October 2022, then, the Russian leadership had completed its formal annexation procedure within a week and had placed responsibility for the bridge explosion on Ukraine's security service. The accusation was made publicly by the head of state himself.
