TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – Ukraine’s acts of sabotage will be responded in kind, as such barbaric steps cannot be justified, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman said, commenting on Ukrainian attempts to attack Crimea and the Crimean Bridge.

"Such acts of sabotage provides the international community with a change to see for themselves the true colors of the Kyiv regime," Maria Zakharova said in a statement published by the ministry.

"Such barbaric actions cannot be justified, and they will not remain without a response," she said, TASS reported. 

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Kyiv’s drone attacks on the peninsula and S-200 missile attacks on the Crimean Bridge were repelled on Saturday.

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