MOSCOW—Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that it had detained five Russians and three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia in connection with the bombing of a vital bridge to Crimea, an attack it said was masterminded by Ukraine.
The FSB said the attack was organized by Ukrainian military intelligence and its director, Kyrylo Budanov—echoing accusations by President Vladimir Putin over what he has called a “terrorist attack” against critical civilian infrastructure.
“The organizer of the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge was the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, its head Kyrylo Budanov, its employees and agents,” said the FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB….