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Crimea bridge attack arrests as market in Donetsk region attacked

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Crimea bridge attack arrests as market in Donetsk region attacked

Russia says it has detained eight people in connection with Saturday’s explosion on a key bridge linking Russia to Crimea.What We're Watching: Crimea bridge attack, World Bank/IMF meetings - GZERO Media

Its FSB security service said five of those held were Russians, while the others were Ukrainian and Armenian.

It says Kyiv was behind the attack but a Ukrainian official described Russia’s investigation as “nonsense”.

The news came as at least seven people were reported killed in an attack on a market in the eastern town of Avdiivka.

Donetsk regional military head Pavlo Kyrylenko said the strike in the Ukrainian-controlled town took place at a busy time, adding that at least eight others were injured.

He advised all residents of the region, which is partly Russian-occupied, to evacuate.

Elsewhere, three people, including a six-year-old girl, were seriously injured by shelling in Nikopol, in Dnipropetrovsk region, a Ukrainian presidential spokesman said.

Ukraine’s emergency ministry reported several S-300 missiles had fallen in and around Zaporizhzhia, with one destroying a residential building in a suburb. It said a family were pulled from the wreckage.Crimea | History, Map, Geography, & People | Britannica

Meanwhile the BBC’s Hugo Bachega in Kyiv said five explosions had been heard in Kherson, one of the largest cities under Russian occupation, while there were unconfirmed reports that the air defence system in the southern city had been activated.

He said it was not clear what had triggered the explosions.

Ukraine’s military said its troops were continuing their advance in the region, capturing another five settlements.

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