Russia blamed Ukraine for both attacks. A spokesman for the Ukrainian Security Service on Monday did not directly acknowledge responsibility but said the service would reveal details about organizing the blast once Ukraine achieves victory in the war. Later on Monday Moscow
Two people have reportedly been killed in an “emergency” on the enormous bridge connecting the Russian mainland to Crimea. Civilians are being told not to use the bridge following reports of explosions. The Kerch bridge is known to be a source of
Russia is using trained dolphins and other marine mammals to bolster its defences at a Black Sea port, British intelligence suggests. UK Defence Intelligence imagery has shown a large increase in floating mammal pens at Sevastopol Port in Crimea, which it believes
Ukraine’s counter-offensive has suddenly stepped up its intensity as Kyiv appears to have seized a village on the frontline. Piatykhatky was reportedly abandoned by retreating Russian troops following an intense wave of Ukraine attacks this week. The liberation of Piatykhatky would mark
The Kremlin on Tuesday denied any fault for the damage caused to the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant after it collapsed and sent a torrent of water into the surrounding areas in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson. The Kremlin pointed blame squarely
Russia has turned Crimea from a popular beach resort into a military stronghold with satellite imagery showing the peninsular bristling with anti-tank obstacles and crisscrossed with fortified trench networks. Putin annexed Crimea in 2014 and with a coastline stretching 15 miles, the
An explosive device planted under the railway tracks south of the Crimean capital has derailed a Russian train, spilling vital grain supplies and forcing the shut down of rail services across the peninsula, it has been reported. The device exploded at 8.20am
A Ukrainian drone strike caused a massive fire to erupt at an oil depot in Crimea, a Russia-appointed official reported Saturday. Mikhail Razvozhayev, Russia’s selected governor of Sevastopol, said that authorities had spotted two “enemy drones” that attacked the depot, with four
A top official on Thursday accused Russia of intensifying its efforts to force children in occupied areas of Ukraine to receive “military patriotic education” by sending them to camps in Crimea in a move to enhance its propaganda campaign. Moscow has been
Russia has said it will under no circumstances consider handing back the Crimean peninsula, which it annexed in 2014 following a pro-Western coup in Kyiv. Sergei Tsekov, the Russian senator for occupied Crimea, said the peninsula will “never return” to Ukraine and