Ukraine has said it shot down an A-50 Russian reconnaissance plane and an Il-22 airborne command post in a potentially significant blow to the Kremlin’s forces. Ukrainian army chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi announced the aircraft had been hit on the Telegram…
Kiev launches combined drone, missile attacks on Crimea
The Ukrainian military said on Monday that it had hit a Russian air defence base on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in an attack with naval drones and missiles. A strategically important air defence object on the west coast…
Elon Musk says he withheld Starlink over Crimea to avoid escalation
Elon Musk says he refused to give Kyiv access to his Starlink communications network over Crimea to avoid complicity in a “major act of war”. Kyiv had sent an emergency request to activate Starlink to Sevastopol, home to a major…
Another ammunition depot in Crimea hit by drone attack
Another ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea has been hit in a drone attack according to the regional governor. Eleven drones were shot down over Crimea, Moscow-appointed governor Sergei Aksyonov said on Telegram on Monday. However, he said there was an…
2 died in emergency on Crimea-Russia bridge – Russian governor
The Kerch bridge which linked Russia to the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula experienced an “emergency’’ temporarily stopping traffic, according to Russian media sources on Monday morning. On social media networks there were reports of an explosion on the bridge in the…
Ukraine says Russian missiles destroyed in Crimea
An explosion in the north of occupied Crimea has destroyed Russian missiles being transported by rail, Ukraine’s defence ministry said. The Russian-installed head of the city of Dzhankoi said the area had been attacked by drones. Ukraine announced the explosions…