The lorry that exploded on the Crimean Bridge drove though Bulgaria, Russia’s Investigative Committee says

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin said that the route of the lorry that exploded on the Crimean Bridge has been established.

"It drove though Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar," Bastrykin was quoted as saying by Russia's RIA Novosti news agency on October 9. TASS news agency reported the same.

According to Bastrykin, the identity of the carriers has been established. According to him, with the help of field agents of the Federal Security Service, the suspects of those who could have prepared the terrorist act have been identified.

Bastrykin specifies that the Crimean Bridge explosion was prepared by Ukrainian special services, RIA Novosti also reports. The Russian President described it as a terrorist act.

"There is no doubt this is an act of terrorism aimed at destroying critical civilian infrastructure," Vladimir Putin said on the Kremlin's official Telegram channel.

Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the blast, but authorities in Kiev have welcomed it.

This morning, the first train crossed the restored bridge, aftr the incident, and later one of the car lanes was opened to traffic. The Russian President has ordered the Federal Security Service (FSB) to take charge of the security of the bridge. Despite appeals to the residents of the annexed Crimean peninsula to remain calm, thousands of people panicked and left the area.