Russia says it detained eight people linked to Saturday’s blast on a key bridge connecting Russia to the Crimean Peninsula. Russia has accused Ukraine’s military intelligence service of orchestrating the explosion, though Kyiv has not claimed responsibility. The blast sparked deadly retaliatory attacks across Ukraine, killing at least 20 people. The barrage of missiles came under the command of the Kremlin’s newly appointed head of military operations in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin. Surovikin has been dubbed “General Armageddon” and oversaw the mass destruction of civilian infrastructure in Syria as part of Russia’s war efforts there. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appealed to members of the G7 to boost Ukraine’s air defenses to counter Russian attacks, and called for new sanctions on Moscow.

President Volodymyr Zelensky: “For this new wave of terror, there must be a new wave of accountability for Russia — new sanctions, new forms of political pressure and new forms of support for Ukraine.”