Explosions were nearby: Basta rapper's soccer club spoke about gettng under attack on the Crimean bridge

Soccer club SKA-Rostov, which is owned by rapper Basta, has confirmed that its bus was near the scene of an "emergency" on the Crimean Bridge in the early hours of Monday, July 17. The member of Division B of the Russian second league was returning from Sevastopol, where he had played against a club of the same name in a match that is banned by UEFA rules.

Rostov team general director Boris Guziev, while speaking to the club's press service, said that the club's staff and players were not injured in the attack on the infrastructure facility, which Russia uses to transfer military equipment, soldiers and their supplies to the occupied territories for the war against Ukraine.

"Tonight the SKA Rostov-on-Don team was returning from Sevastopol, where the match between FC SKA Rostov-on-Don and FC Sevastopol was held." The team bus was near the scene of an emergency on the Crimean Bridge. The team is fine, none of the players and escorts were injured. We have already provided the team and fans with everything they need, and now the guys are on their way home. We thank everyone for their attention and support!" the representative of the aggressor country commented.

Earlier, State Duma deputies went wild over the fact that Russia violated UEFA's demand and allowed Crimean teams to participate in the Russian second league championship.

As reported by OBOZREVATEL, on the night of July 17 there were explosions on the Crimean bridge after which traffic on the bridge was stopped. Later videos of the consequences of the collapsed span appeared online. According to our sources, the attack on the Kerch Bridge was a special operation of the SSU and the Navy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the object attacked by surface drones.

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