Billions of budget rubles have been spent on protecting the Crimean Bridge. Exercises and coordination of services are regularly conducted. But, even after the October attack, ten months later, the connection between the Ministry of Defense, the FSB, the Russian Guard and local authorities again failed to work as it should.
There was not a single warning. The first explosion occurred as the bridge was filled with cars and security personnel were routinely checking the traffic. After the first impact the lighting stopped working. Eyewitnesses reported that no backup generators turned on. There was also no blocking of traffic at one moment. Even after the second explosion, some cars turned around in panic and moved freely along the lanes. The guards did not block the entrance/exit for a long time, not knowing what to do with those in a hurry to get off the bridge.
As a result, all the vaunted security systems, passenger flow systems, tourist hubs and other things invented by the authorities once again failed to cope with their tasks.
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