Ukraine's infrastructure ministry tracks companies involved in Kerch bridge construction – Omelyan

Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan says his ministry tracks all companies working at the Kerch bridge construction sites in the Russian-annexed Crimea.

"We are monitoring all contractors working at the facility, adding them to the sanctions list. We also inform other states and Ukraine's allies about the blacklisted companies. As for the equipment, the question is different. We react if this is related to direct contacts. And if there were purchases from third parties, it's more difficult to respond, as they were made not under direct contact with the manufacturer," the minister told RFE/RL's Ukrainian bureau.

Read alsoUkraine estimates losses from Russia's Kerch bridge at tens of millions of hryvniasAs UNIAN reported earlier, the Russian occupiers in Crimea announced the final stage of construction of the so-called Kerch bridge, a transport vein aimed to connect the occupied peninsula with mainland Russia's Krasnodar region.