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The Latest Breaking News from Crimea

Russia closes Crimea bridge after official declares ‘emergency’

Russia said two Ukrainian drones caused explosions that damaged its flagship bridge to Crimea, killing two people and causing the suspension of road and rail traffic.

Tribune News Service

Crimea bridge attack: What happened, why is the bridge important?

The bridge suffered damage after one of its sections was blown up, killing two people and wounding a child.

Al Jazeera

The bridge that links Russia to Crimea is key to supplying the Ukraine war and for asserting control

The bridge connecting Russia-annexed Crimea to Russia carries heavy significance for Moscow both logistically and psychologically, as a key artery for Russian military and civilian supplies bound for Crimea and as an assertion of Russia’s control of the peninsula

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Why is the Kerch Bridge attack significant to the war in Ukraine?

Bridge is only direct link to mainland Russia from Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Two dead after explosions on Kerch Bridge linking Crimea and Russia

Road and rail link is only direct overland link between Russia and occupied Crimea. Plus, how we got addicted to weather apps

The Guardian - UK

Everything to know about the Crimean bridge as critical Russian supply line attacked

Europe’s longest bridge connects the Russian city of Krasnodar in the east to Kerch in Russia-annexed Crimea

The Independent UK

Explosions disrupt traffic on a key bridge from Crimea to Russia's mainland

Traffic on a key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia's mainland was disrupted Monday after one of its sections was blown up in what Russian officials said was a Ukrainian attack that killed two.

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Underwater ‘drones blew up key bridge’ linking Russia to Crimea killing two people

Unconfirmed reports claim bridge was attacked using ‘underwater drones’

Evening Standard

Two dead after explosions on Kerch Bridge linking Crimea and Russia

Only direct overland link damaged as Russia says it will pull out of UN-brokered grain deal

The Guardian - UK

Russia pulls out of Black Sea grain deal; key Crimea bridge targeted for second time

Russia on Monday halted a breakthrough wartime deal on Monday that allowed grain to flow from Ukrainian ports to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, where hunger is a growing threat. Western leaders and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres quickly denounced the move. Overnight from Sunday to Monday,…

France 24

Traffic on key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia's mainland halted amid reports of explosions

Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland has been halted amid reports of explosions

The Independent UK

Two killed, child wounded in ’emergency’ on Russian Crimea bridge

Officials say traffic on bridge linking annexed-Crimea to the Russian mainland has been halted due to an ’emergency’.

Al Jazeera

The underground Crimean Tatar group taking up arms against Russia

The Atesh guerrilla group is active behind Russian lines, and leaders of the Indigenous movement say they are ready if they can get the weapons

The Guardian - UK

Putin says Russia preparing response to Crimea bridge attack; US condemns Moscow grain deal exit – as it happened

Russian president calls attack ‘cruel and senseless’ after Kerch Bridge hit by latest strike; Antony Blinken says Russia exit from deal ‘unconscionable’

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Drones shot down over Crimea, Moscow claims; Putin says Russia has stockpile of cluster bombs – as it happened

Russia says air defence forces intercepted attacks over port city of Sevastopol; Putin says Russia will take ‘reciprocal’ action if devices used on his troops

France 24

Russia repels Ukraine drone attack on Crimea, says Kremlin

Russia thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack near Sebastopol, a crucial port in Russian-annexed Crimea, Russia's defence ministry said Sunday morning. Moscow's air defence forces and Black Sea fleet reportedly took out a total of nine drones throughout the assault, which the ministry said caused no damage or casualties. Also, President…

France 24

Sudan refuses to attend regional peace talks in Ethiopia

In tonight's edition: Sudan stays away from regional peace talks in Ethiopia about its three-month war. Sudan's foreign minister accuses Kenya of alleged bias. Also, rumours that one of Senegal's biggest cities may twin with a city in Russian-occupied Crimea have stirred up a diplomatic row with Ukraine. Finally, we…

The Independent UK

Russia reports intercepting a missile over annexed Crimea and briefly halts traffic on key bridge

Russian-installed authorities in the Crimean peninsula have reported shooting down a cruise missile near the city of Kerch and briefly suspending traffic on the Kerch bridge that links the annexed territory to Russia

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The Conversation

Kakhovka Dam breach in Ukraine caused economic, agricultural and ecological devastation that will last for years

When an explosion breached the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine on June 6, 2023, much analysis focused on near-term impacts, including the flooding of the city of Kherson, threats to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and consequences for Ukrainian military forces’ expected spring offensive against Russian troops.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's war dead unloaded onto beach from skies as tourists swim in sea

Russia has refused to provide accurate information as to the amount of its soldiers killed during the gruelling war in Ukraine - but war-watchers predict the number stands at around 200,000

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: at least 19 injured in drone attack; US ambassador meets with jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich in Moscow – as it happened

Child among people injured in attack in Sumy; Lynne Tracy visits Wall Street Journal reporter in prison after court upholds FSB request to extend his detention

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin’s power is ‘crumbling’ after Wagner mutiny, says Volodymyr Zelensky

The Ukrainian president told CNN said Putin’s response to the Wagner uprising was ‘weak’

Al Jazeera

Russia claims to have foiled an assassination attempt in Crimea

Moscow says Ukraine ordered the alleged attack on Sergey Aksyonov, the Russian-installed head of the annexed peninsula.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine claims limited gains, weeks into counteroffensive

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukraine on Monday said its forces clawed back clutches of territory from Russia last week as part of its counteroffensive, as Russia's security service said it foiled an assassination attempt on the head of Moscow-annexed Crimea.

Evening Standard

Ukraine forces ‘seize back’ 14 square miles in heavy fighting in eastern and southern fronts in past week

It comes as Volodymyr Zelensky warns Russia’s navy it is not safe around annexed Crimea from Ukraine’s fleet of drones

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