Ukraine’s foreign minister was tricked into admitting Kyiv was behind the explosions on Crimea's Kerch Bridge by Russian pranksters posing as a former US ambassador.

In footage released from the call, Dmitry Kuleba claims credit for the attack on the sole link between annexed Crimea and Russia, as well as another explosion, which knocked out the power supply in a Russian city bordering Ukraine.

“Well, if you were to ask me who blows up things in Crimea or Belgorod, then speaking privately, as much privacy we can have in a Zoom call, I’d tell you, yes, that was us,” Mr Kuleba said in the edited footage, which was widely reported by Russian state media

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