Russia says eight suspects detained over Crimea bridge blasts

Russia-Ukraine War: The "terrorist attack" was organised by Ukrainian secret services, Russia said.

Russia has detained eight suspects over the deadly explosion on the bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia, the FSB security service said in a statement quoted by news agencies on Wednesday.

Russia-Ukraine War: Flame and smoke rise from the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and the Crimean peninsula. (AP)

The "terrorist attack" was organised by Ukrainian secret services, the statement said. The explosives were stored in plastic film rolls that left the Ukrainian port of Odessa in August and transited through Bulgaria, Georgia and Armenia before entering Russia, it said.