The court extended the arrest of the defendants in the case of the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge until June 8

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has extended until June 8 the term of arrest of the defendants in the case of the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge in 2022. This was reported by a representative of the court on January 13.

"The term of detention of the accused has been extended until June 8," he said in conversation with "RIA Novosti".

The accused in the case are eight people.

Earlier, on January 9, the court representative reported that the first hearing in the criminal case is scheduled for January 21.

The explosion, which occurred on October 8, 2022, killed the driver of the transport and four more people in a passenger car. According to the investigation, the first deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Vasyl Malyuk (listed in the Russian Federation as a terrorist and extremist) and his accomplices manufactured an explosive device disguised as construction film in Ukraine. They then delivered it to the Crimean Bridge on a truck driven by a man who was unaware of their plans.

On October 13, 2024 it became known that Malyuk was charged in absentia in the case of organizing a terrorist attack in the summer of 2023 on the Crimean bridge. He was charged under paragraph "b" part 3 of article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist act resulting in loss of life").

Before that, on May 23, Malyuk said that one of the priority targets for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the Crimean bridge. He noted that Kiev was the first to use surface drones and that it had repeatedly attacked the Russian navy.