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Russia races to reopen Crimea bridge damaged in fiery blast

President Vladimir Putin’s flagship bridge to Crimea was severely damaged in a blast that hit a fuel train and caused the partial collapse of the only road link running from the Russian mainland to the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014.

Tribune News Service

Vladimir Putin thought Crimea bridge was indestructible... until 'Ukraine bombed it'

Months ago Russian media reported that the Crimea bridge - which connects Russia to its illegally annexed territory - was impossible to attack due to the defence systems protecting it, which included "military-trained dolphins" and underwater warning sirens

Daily Mirror

Terrifying footage shows Russian bridge to Crimea hit by huge 'truck bomb' explosion

The footage - which appears to show a truck exploding as it crossed the Crimean Bridge - increases the likelihood that Putin's key crossing was targeted by a Ukrainian attack in the hours after his 70th birthday

Daily Mirror

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Huge fire on important bridge in Crimea as US says Ukraine could retake region

The Kerch bridge represens a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsular

Nottingham Post

Putin orders seizure of Exxon-led Sakhalin 1 oil and gas project

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Friday that establishes a new operator for the Exxon Mobil Corp-led Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia's Far East.

Reuters

Five killed by Ukrainian strike on bus in Kherson region - TASS

At least five people were killed and as many injured after Ukrainian forces shelled a bus in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's southern Kherson region, Russia's TASS news agency reported on Friday.

Reuters

IAEA head Grossi says he may visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant again

International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday that he may visit Ukraine's Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant again, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported.

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Kremlin says annexation and retreat are not a contradiction amid Ukrainian successes

As President Vladimir Putin completed paperwork for the annexation of four regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, the Kremlin said there was no contradiction between Russian retreats and Putin's vow that they would always be part of Russia.

Reuters

Russian journalist Sobchak faces investigation - TASS

Prominent Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak faces a criminal investigation over a story that police suspect was "fake", state news agency TASS reported on Monday, citing an unidentified source in law enforcement.

Reuters

Russian Deputy PM says it's possible to restore Nord Stream pipelines - TASS

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Sunday that it was technically possible to restore ruptured offshore infrastructure of Nord Streams pipelines, TASS news agency reported.

Reuters

Russia's Putin signs decree on routine autumn conscription - TASS

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out the routine autumn conscription campaign, calling 120,000 citizens up for statutory military service, the state news agency TASS reported on Friday.

Reuters

Ukraine recap: occupied regions forced to join Russia while thousands of Russians choose to leave

Four parts of Ukraine that are occupied by Vladimir Putin’s war machine are to be formally annexed by Russia. Or, as the official Russian news agency, Tass, puts it: “The official signing ceremony uniting four new territories with Russia will be held on Friday, September 30, at 3pm in the…

The Conversation

Russia to boycott Oscars as cultural isolation deepens

Head of country’s Oscar nomination commission quits after decision not to submit film for prestigious awards

The Guardian - UK

Japan summons Russian ambassador after its diplomat is ‘brutally interrogated’ in Moscow

Russia says the diplomat was caught red-handed carrying out espionage activities

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Death toll rises to 13 in Russian school shooting - TASS

At least 13 people have died in a school shooting in the Russian city of Izhevsk, the TASS news agency quoted Russia's Investigative Committee as saying on Monday.

Reuters

Swastika-wearing ex-pupil kills 15 in Russian school shooting

A gunman with a swastika on his teeshirt killed 15 people, including 11 children, and wounded 24 at a school in Russia on Monday before committing suicide, investigators said.

Reuters

Russia parliament may study annexation of occupied Ukraine on Thursday - TASS

The Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, may debate bills incorporating Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia on Sept. 29, the state-run TASS news agency said on Saturday, citing an unnamed source.

France 24

Moscow's proxies hold annexation polls in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Voting on whether Russia should annex Kremlin-controlled regions of Ukraine opened Friday as the West denounced the referendum that has dramatically raised the stakes of Moscow's seven-month invasion.

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Russia Holds Breakaway Polls in Ukraine

Moscow-held regions of Ukraine begin voting Friday on whether to become part of Russia, in referendums that Kyiv and its allies have condemned as an unlawful land grab. The referendums in eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions, as well as in the southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions have been roundly dismissed…

Al Jazeera

After battlefield setbacks in Ukraine, Putin orders mobilisation

Russian President Vladimir Putin announces plans to mobilise up to 300,000 military reservists to fight in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russian-held parts of Ukraine's Mykolaiv region to be incorporated in Russian-held Kherson

The Russian-installed administration of southern Ukraine's Kherson province said parts of the neighbouring Mykolaiv region that are under the control of Russian forces would be incorporated into Kherson province, Russia's TASS news agency reported on Wednesday.

Reuters

Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine's Luhansk region to hold Sept. 23-27 referendum on joining Russia

Russian-backed separatists in the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) will hold a referendum on joining Russia between Sept. 23-27, the TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the separatist deputy speaker of the region's parliament.

Reuters

Seven killed in Ukrainian strike on Luhansk region - Tass cites Russian-backed authorities

A Ukrainian strike on a village in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine killed seven people on Tuesday, the TASS news agency reported, citing Russian-installed authorities in the region.

Bangkok Post

China, Russia agree to further deepen military cooperation

China and Russia agreed Monday to further deepen military cooperation after their leaders affirmed last week close coordination in countering the United States and its allies amid the Ukraine crisis and heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait, Russia's Tass news agency said.

Reuters

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan agree to border conflict ceasefire -TASS

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on Friday agreed a ceasefire to end a bout of border skirmishes this week, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported, citing Kyrgyzstan's border service.

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