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Ukraine strikes back at Russia — launches cyberattack on forces in Crimea as independent hackers target airline Aeroflot, grounding dozens of planes

Ukraine's intelligence agency conducted a sustained distributed-denial of service attack on Russian forces in Crimea while independent hacking groups targeted the airline.

Tom’s Hardware

'Rewriting history': Claim filed to ICC over Russian looting of Ukrainian heritage

A French organisation has lodged a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the plundering of Ukrainian museums by Russia, which it claims is 'the biggest looting of cultural heritage in Europe during an international armed conflict since the Second World War'.

Radio France Internationale

Ukrainian journalist freed from Russian detention in occupied Crimea

After spending more than four years in Russian custody on espionage charges that he denies, Vladyslav Yesypenko was released on Sunday.

Euronews

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A Ukrainian journalist is released from Russian custody in occupied Crimea

A Ukrainian journalist has been released after more than four years in Russian custody in occupied Crimea

The Independent UK

Ukraine’s ‘Spiderweb’ drone assault forces Russia to shelter, move aircraft

A psychological blow may be the biggest impact of Ukraine’s Spiderweb operation, say experts.

Al Jazeera

Donald Trump repeats call for Russia to be readmitted at G7 summit in Canada

US president said Ukraine war would not have happened if Moscow had not been thrown out in 2014 over Crimea

The Guardian - UK

Trump Proclaims There 'Wouldn't' Be a Ukraine War if Russia Was Still in G8 Despite Being Kicked Out for Annexing Crimea

Trump claimed the Ukraine war wouldn't have occurred if Russia had remained in the G8, sparking criticism for overlooking Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea.

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Crimean bridge attack and Operation Spiderweb show Zelensky has a fist full of wild cards against Russia

COMMENT: Ukraine kept its latest attacks on Russia secret from America but its spectacular success shows it can win the war against Putin, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK

Morning Mail: Ukraine strikes Crimea bridge, Musk’s ire at Trump’s ‘abomination’ tax bill, e-scooter injury toll revealed

Kyiv claims it ‘severely damaged’ base of Crimean bridge, opened by Putin in 2018

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine hits Putin’s bridge to Crimea with underwater bomb attack

Kyiv has carried out extensive attacks on Russian targets hundreds of miles from the frontline as peace talks have stalled

The Independent UK

Ukraine strikes Kerch bridge in Crimea with underwater explosives

Kyiv has hit the Kerch bridge in Crimea, illegally built by Russia after the unilateral annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula. Ukraine’s Security Service released the video of the attack, showing the explosion underwater.

Euronews

Ukraine’s underwater explosion attack on Crimean Bridge caught on camera

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The Independent UK

Ukraine hits bridge linking Crimea to Russia with underwater explosives

Operation ‘severely damaged’ base of Crimean bridge, opened by Putin in 2018, Kyiv’s SBU security service says

The Guardian - UK

Watch moment Russia’s Crimean bridge blown up in huge explosion by Ukraine forces

Video footage has captured the moment a bridge linking Russia and Crimea is blown up in a huge explosion carried out by Ukraine’s special forces.

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The Independent UK

What Putin and Zelensky’s meeting in 2019 tells us about the fate of peace talks

Even though neither leader met in the Istanbul summits, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky have met before

The Conversation

Even if Putin and Zelenskyy do go face-to-face, don’t expect wonders − their one meeting in 2019 ended in failure

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met for a second time in Istanbul in a month on June 2, 2025. Missing, again, were the country’s two leaders.

The Guardian - UK

‘Does he know anything?’: Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev on Trump’s plans to legitimise Russian annexation

Exiled Soviet-era dissident tells the Guardian that for the US to turn its back on the territory would be ‘shameful’

The Conversation

Ukraine: it’s clear right now there are no serious plans for peace

When it comes to the sincerity, or otherwise, of Vladimir Putin’s apparent willingness to talk peace with Ukraine, the Russian leader has given us plenty of hints. He may insist he wants to see a deal done and an end to the killing. But his insistence that any agreement would…

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Euronews

Crimea is Russia’s training ground for colonisation, Kyiv envoy says

There is one topic on which Kyiv and Moscow will never agree, and yet, for both sides, this point is of the utmost importance — Crimea. Olha Kuryshko, the Ukrainian president’s permanent representative in Crimea, told Euronews that Russia implemented its 2014 techniques on all occupied territories.

International Business Times

Umerov: 'Wonder' Dealmaker From Crimea Leading Ukraine Peace Talks

Rustem Umerov, who heads Ukraine's delegation at peace talks with Russia on Friday, is a skilled and pragmatic negotiator, hailed by his colleagues as a worker of diplomatic "wonders".

The Conversation

Territorial concessions will be central to any Ukraine peace deal, and to Russia’s long-term plan

If the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, meet in Istanbul on May 15, territory – and who controls it – will be high on their agenda.

The Independent UK

As Putin indulges in his Victory Day parade, this is his endgame in Ukraine

SPECIAL REPORT: World affairs editor Sam Kiley has been covering Ukraine since the Russian invasion of 2014. Here he looks at the current state of the conflict, the likelihood of a lasting ceasefire and what Russian leader Vladimir Putin is planning next

The Guardian - UK

Which states would Donald Trump surrender for peace in his time?

Brief letters: Trump and Crimea | IQ tests | Scottish midges | Dark digestives | Champagne socialism

Evening Standard

Why does Russia want the Crimea? The fight for power in the Black Sea

Why is a peninsula in Eastern Europe at the centre of a billion-dollar war?

The Independent UK

Boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk urges Trump to ‘open his eyes’ over the war in Ukraine

The world heavyweight boxer said Russia should not be allowed to claim Ukrainian territory in the peace deal

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