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Russian missiles destroyed in Crimea blast, Ukraine says

Kyiv claims cruise missiles hit in city of Dzhankoi, in attack Russian-installed official blames on drone

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: how the west's weak reaction to Crimea's referendum paved the way for a wider invasion

A referendum was held in Crimea on March 16 2014, when the region was under military control, to ask voters whether they wanted to be part of Russia. The official result was a 96.7% vote for Russia.

The Conversation

Kirill Stremousov, top Russian-appointed Kherson official, ‘dies’

Report says Moscow-appointed official in occupied Ukrainian region killed in car crash under unclear circumstancances.

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Russia says mobilised 300,000 reservists after Ukraine defeats

Moscow (AFP) - Russia said Friday that 300,000 reservists have been called up, with Moscow fighting to turn the tide after defeats in Ukraine have left the key southern city of Kherson in Kyiv's sights.

AFP

Moscow says movement of Kherson civilians complete

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Moscow has announced the end of the movement of civilians within occupied Kherson, organised by Russia-installed authorities in the southern Ukrainian region in the face of a counter-offensive from Kyiv.

AFP

Civilian Evacuation of Kherson ‘Completed’

The Moscow-installed head of the Crimea region said on Friday that the evacuation of civilians from occupied Kherson has been "completed". The head of Moscow-annexed Crimea has said evacuations from occupied Kherson organized by Russia's forces amid a Ukrainian counter-offensive were "completed", after he visited the region with the Kremlin's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Top Putin aide Kiriyenko visits Russian-controlled Kherson

President Vladimir Putin's first deputy chief of staff, Sergei Kiriyenko, has visited the Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Kherson, the Russian-installed governor of Crimea said.

Reuters

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Russian war hawks demand more devastating strikes on Ukraine

Moscow’s barrage of missile strikes on cities across Ukraine has elicited celebratory comments from Russian officials and pro-Kremlin pundits, who in recent weeks have actively criticised the Russian military for a series of embarrassing setbacks on the battlefield.

Irish Independent

Kremlin war hawks demand more devastating strikes on Ukraine

Moscow’s barrage of missile strikes on cities across Ukraine has elicited celebratory comments from Russian officials and pro-Kremlin pundits, who in recent weeks have actively criticized the Russian military for a series of embarrassing setbacks on the battlefield

The Independent UK

Russia rushes to reestablish supply lines after Crimea bridge explosion

"The situation is manageable — it's unpleasant, but not fatal."

Axios

‘It feels inevitable’: Ukraine starts to believe it can win back Crimea

Even as Russia lays claim to more of the country, confidence is growing that the former territory can be retaken

The Guardian - UK

Erdogan warns of ‘another Chernobyl’ after talks with Zelensky, Guterres

Following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and UN chief Antonio Guterres in Lviv on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of the dangers of "another Chernobyl" disaster erupting at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant held by invading Russian forces. Read our live blog to see how the day's…

France 24

Russia says it has 'neutralised' Islamist cell in Crimea

The top official in Russian-annexed Crimea said on Wednesday that the FSB security service had broken up what he described as a six-person terrorist cell of a banned Islamist group, a day after explosions rocked one of Russia's military bases there.

Reuters

Russia says ‘sabotage’ behind arms depot blasts in Crimea

Explosions follow attack last week on Crimean airbase that damaged and destroyed several Russian war planes.

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Evening Standard

Beachgoers watch explosions at Russian military airfield in Crimea

Sunbathers fled a nearby beach as huge clouds of smoke rose over the horizon

The New Daily

Sun-baking Russians flee bomb blast in Crimea

Russian tourists sun-baking in Crimea have had a small taste of what Ukrainians are enduring daily: running for their lives from a bomb blast. Powerful

Crikey

Zelenskiy defiant, Russia steps up attacks

Ukraine’s president has pledged a response from his troops after Russia captured key territory ahead of the EU rubber-stamping Kyiv’s bid to join the bloc.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Russians at Severodonetsk industry zone

Ukraine news from June 20: Russian troops enter Severodonetsk industrial zone, according to Luhansk’s regional governor.

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The Guardian - UK

How Victory Day became central to Putin’s idea of Russian identity

Rhetoric of 1945 victory over Nazis has become more twisted over two decades of Putin’s rule

Reuters

Russian troops destroy Ukrainian dam that blocked water to Crimea - RIA

Russian troops have destroyed a concrete dam built in Ukraine's Kherson Region in 2014 to cut off water to Crimea, the RIA news agency quoted the governor of Russian-annexed Crimea Sergei Aksyonov as saying on Saturday.

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