Essay: 10 years after Putin annexed Crimea, Russia’s grip on the peninsula looks shaky
STEFAN WOLFF, professor of international security at the University of Birmingham, says efforts to integrate the peninsula into Russia have been far from successful…
Russia strikes Ukraine grain ports after pulling out of export deal
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia struck Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a UN-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Moscow claimed gains on the ground in an area where Ukrainian officials said Russian forces were going back on the offensive. Russia said it hit fuel storage in Odesa and a plant […]
Russia launches biggest air strikes since start of Ukraine war
Updated: 7:45am, 11th October, 2022Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia rained cruise missiles on busy Ukrainian cities on Monday in what the United States called “horrific strikes”, killing civilians and knocking out power and heat with its most widespread air attacks since the start of the war. Missiles tore into intersections, parks and tourist sites in the capital […]
Putin calls Crimea bridge blast terrorism; thirteen killed, dozens hurt in Zaporizhzhia shelling
Kyiv, ReutersReuters Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused Ukraine of orchestrating the powerful blast that damaged a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea the day before, describing the explosion as an “act of terrorism”. “There is no doubt. This is an act of terrorism aimed at destroying critically important civilian infrastructure,” Putin said in […]
Blast hits Crimea bridge crucial to Russia’s war
Kyiv, UkraineReuters A powerful blast damaged Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea on Saturday, hitting a prestigious symbol of Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula and the key supply route to forces battling to hold territory captured in southern Ukraine. The early morning explosion on the bridge over the Kerch Strait, for which Russia did not immediately […]