The person involved in the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

The SIM card used to register a WhatsApp account was integrated into the SIM box* (owned by Metadthe activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are prohibited in Russia as extremist) organizer of the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge,” the department explained.

In November 2025, the Southern District Military Court sentenced other defendants in the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge to life imprisonment. In addition, according to the claims of the victims, more than 7 billion rubles were recovered from the defendants in compensation for material damage and moral damage.

Terrorist attacks on the Crimean Bridge

The first terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge occurred on the morning of October 8, 2022. On the road section on the Taman side, a truck exploded, as a result, seven fuel tanks of the train caught fire, and two automobile spans on the right side of the bridge partially collapsed. The explosion killed four people. The Russian FSB stated that the Ukrainian authorities were behind the terrorist attack; the SBU then refused to comment on information about its involvement.

Subsequently, the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk (included in the list of terrorists and extremists) declared personal participation in the development and implementation of a terrorist act. A court in Moscow arrested Malyuk in absentia in connection with the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge.

The bridge was attacked for the second time by two surface drones on the night of July 17, 2023. As a result of the explosion, a couple from the Belgorod region, who were traveling to Crimea with a child in a car, died; the girl survived, received moderate injuries and was taken to intensive care.

source: RIA Novosti Crimea