The Latest Breaking News from Crimea

Moscow on Saturday said the West is "responsible" for the death of a Russian war correspondent killed in Ukrainian shelling in the southern Zaporizhzhia region on Saturday. Earlier, the Russia-installed leader of Crimea said a Ukrainian drone attack on the peninsula had caused the "detonation" of an ammunition depot, leading…

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Controversial munitions being deployed in the field, says John Kirby; UN security council to meet over grain deal collapse

Russian-installed officials have not yet given a cause for the inferno

Russia again attacks Ukrainian port of Odesa after pulling out of grain deal; fire reported at military base in Crimea

Defence ministry says it will consider all ships travelling to Black Sea ports as potential carriers of military equipment

Ukraine and Russia accused each other of overnight drone attacks hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed revenge for a strike that damaged his flagship bridge to Crimea.

The bridge connecting mainland Russia across the Kerch strait with the illegally annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea was seriously damaged on July 17 2023, in what appears to be a successful strike by naval drones.