More Details: Kerch Bridge Explosion In Crimea, What Did Trump White House Know?

Update(1208ET): More details have emerged of what marks the third major Ukrainian sabotage bombing of the key bridge linking the Russian mainland to the Crimean peninsula, as the pace of the war heats up:

Ukraine said it attacked the Crimean Bridge with explosives as Russia closed traffic on the route linking the annexed Black Sea peninsula with the Russian mainland.

Agents planted mines on underwater supports and detonated them on Tuesday, the Ukrainian Security Service, known as the SBU, said in a statement on Telegram. The SBU said the operation took place over several months and left the bridge in an emergency condition, which couldn’t be independently verified.

Ukrainian intelligence over the weekend was busy blowing up other civilian bridges inside Russia as well, resulting in the deaths of seven people, and scores more casualties, as we detailed.

“The bridge was originally shut for more than three hours starting in the morning local time, and then again for almost two-and-a-half hours, the news agency said,” according to Bloomberg. “Maritime passenger transportation was suspended in Sevastopol, the city’s road and transport infrastructure authority said, also without explaining what prompted the interruption, according to Interfax.”

There are emerging reports that unmanned maritime vehicles may have been involved:

Ukrainian USV hit by Russian Lancet during today’s attempted breach near the Crimean Bridge.

The USV lost propulsion after the strike. pic.twitter.com/KBXGIEsdIm

— Clash Report (@clashreport) June 3, 2025

Meanwhile, the million dollar question remains: was all of this sanctioned behind the scenes by the Trump administration, or are we really to believe Washington was kept out of the loop on all this latest escalation which could put the US/NATO on the path to nuclear-armed confrontation with Russia?

Steve Bannon and many others have some questions of the US administration…

It started with a warning.

Ukraine wiped out 40% of Russia’s bombers in a surprise strike—and Steve Bannon says the U.S. is now on the brink of getting dragged into World War III.

But the media shrugs. The public sleeps.

Then Bannon went nuclear—calling for two brutal… pic.twitter.com/xsiW5KjQPx

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) June 3, 2025

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For the third time since the Russia-Ukraine war started, a large explosion has damaged the bridge connecting Russia’s mainland to Crimea. 

Ukraine’s security service (SBU) has quickly claimed responsibility, describing that this time it was an underwater explosive attack, possibly facilitated with an unmanned submarine, which left the structure which goes from the Russian city of Krasnodar in the east to Kerch in Crimea “in disrepair”.

Video was soon after published of the explosion of what the SBU called the “badly damaged” bridge after support columns were blown up.

“The Security Service of Ukraine carried out a new unique special operation and struck the Crimean Bridge for the third time – this time underwater!” the SBU declared on Telegram.

“Today, at 4:44 a.m., without any civilian casualties, the first explosive device was detonated,” the statement said. “The underwater support pillars were severely damaged at the seabed level — aided by the equivalent of 1,100 kg of TNT. As a result, the bridge is effectively in an emergency condition.”

BREAKING: Kerch bridge pic.twitter.com/7unanrrzQU

— Pekka Kallioniemi (@P_Kallioniemi) June 3, 2025

Russia since confirmed that traffic on (alternatively called) Crimea Bridge was temporarily suspended as a result of the damage and emergency situation. But the 12-mile bridge, Europe’s longest, was reportedly quickly reopened after hours.

“RIA Novosti, a Russian state news agency, reported that the bridge was briefly closed for several hours on Tuesday,” the NY Times writes. “An app that is widely used in Russia to track traffic on the bridge showed that it was open again as of midafternoon.”

🚨 Russian Lancet drone takes out one of the Ukrainian sea drones near Crimea — per Russian war reporters

Video captures the moment of destruction pic.twitter.com/IRykNjNCc5

— RT (@RT_com) June 3, 2025

Several attacks on the $3.7 billion, iconic bridge have occurred throughout the war, including an October 2022 truck bombing on the bridge, which killed and wounded civilians.

That attack took at least ten months to repair, but there was another attack nearly a year after the first one, which utilized maritime drones hitting support pillars.

This comes two days after Ukraine’s ‘Operation Spider’s Web’ which reportedly took out some forty Russian combat aircraft, among them strategic bombers, in Kiev’s most ambitious and provocative operation to date.

Ukrainian intelligence is really on a roll, but the world awaits a likely devastating ‘shock and awe’ style attack by Moscow, which is apparently exercising patience as it readies the inevitable retaliation. Likely, ‘command HQ’ centers are going to be targeted in the coming days.