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ukraine export grain through its black sea ports. the kremlin says that decision is unrelated to the attack on the bridge. joining us now former fbi special agent and national security analyst for nbc news and msnbc, clint watts. clint, let s start with the bridge. obviously it s very symbolically important for putin but also strategically important as russia tries to incorporate crimea into its mainland. it also shows that ukraine not unafraid to carry out some pretty daring attacks outside of what would be considered right now the main front of the war. that s right, jonathan. second time in a year they successfully struck this bridge. and i think it s remarkable the ukrainians have do deep attack and a central artery really the central artery for the russians then in the south of ukraine. by hitting this bridge they re demonstrating time and time
russian president vladimir putin is vowing to respond to an attack on the bridge that connects crimea to mainland russia. multiple explosions on the bridge reported just before dawn yesterday with russia s government claiming the structure was hit tie two drones. two people were killed in the attack and a third was injured. the kremlin immediately blamed ukraine while a ukrainian public broadcaster cited multiple law enforcement sources as saying ukraine intel agency and navy indeed carried out the attack. nbc news has not confirmed the report we should note. meanwhile the new york times reports that for the kremlin the kirsch strait of the bridge is a bim of connection it s attempting to forge between russia and crimea. the bridge serves as a critical supply for transportation. and putin said yesterday his minister of defense is preparing a response to the attack. yesterday also announced it will not extend the agreement to let