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The Latest Breaking News from Crimea

Crimean Bridge re-opens after 'exercises', Russian-backed official says

The Russian-built Crimean Bridge linking the Crimean peninsula to the Russian region of Krasnodar was reopened on Wednesday after being closed for several hours for "exercises", an official from Crimea's Russian-backed administration said.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 453 of the invasion

Fighting has broken out on Russia’s border with Ukraine in an apparent incursion by partisan forces; Russian-imposed Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin says demining is being carried out in Bakhmut

The Guardian - AU

Russian-annexed Crimea's return to Ukraine will 'happen for certain': Zelenskiy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy set up a reintegration council on Thursday to advise on the restoration of Ukrainian rule over Crimea, saying liberation of the peninsula, seized by Russia in 2014, will "happen for certain".

Reuters

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Russian train blown off rails by 'sabotage' bomb blast inside occupied Ukraine

Footage showed how the carriages, believed to be carrying grain, were thrown off the track with eight carriages derailed and five overturned close to the village of Chistenkoye in Crimea which is annexed by Russia

Daily Mirror

Freight train derailed in Crimea as Russia blames ‘interference by outsiders’

Photos showed carriages lying on their side next to the railway line

Evening Standard

‘I was born to do this’: Ukraine’s 2016 Eurovision winner Jamala on why Putin fears her people, Crimean Tatars

Jamala tells how her 2016 song shone a light on Stalin’s deportations and helped to dispel the myths that Crimea is historically Russian

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 444 of the invasion

Russia admits to Ukrainian advances in Bakhmut; two Russian pilots killed as helicopter crashes in Crimea

The Guardian - AU

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Two pilots dead after Russian military helicopter crashes in Crimea

The pilots were killed during a training flight involving no weapons, Russia’s defence ministry has said

Evening Standard

Russian military helicopter crashes over Crimea, 2 pilots dead

Two Russian pilots were killed on Friday when a Russian Mi-28 military helicopter crashed in the annexed peninsula of Crimea, Russian news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry.

Reuters

Ukraine has choice of targets as it plots counteroffensive

At critical point in war, Ukraine could press – or appear to press – in multiple locations to try to push Russians back

The Guardian - UK

Russia's Black Sea Fleet beefs up defences amid drone strikes -commander

The commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet has said its defences are being tightened amid a flurry of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting its home base, the Crimean port of Sevastopol.

Reuters

Friday briefing: What will Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive look like?

In today’s newsletter: After a long winter froze combat for months, Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s next move could be crucial to his country’s future

The Guardian - UK

UK sending long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, says defence minister

Britain donating arms capable of striking targets in occupied Crimea as Kyiv prepares counteroffensive against Russia

The Guardian - UK

Liverpool will host ‘greatest Eurovision’, says Ukrainian past winner Jamala

The Ukrainian singer-songwriter is back in front of Eurovision fans at the EuroFestival in Liverpool on May 11.

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The Independent UK

Ukrainian singer Jamala to perform new album for Eurovision

Ukrainian singer Jamala won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016 with a song about the deportation of Crimean Tatars

The Guardian - UK

British-led coalition hopes to supply longer-range missiles to Ukraine

UK opens tender for rockets akin to those denied by US, which could enable strikes deep into Crimea

France 24

Putin 'celebrates 1945 victory while attacking Kyiv': Zelensky adviser Podolyak

In an interview with FRANCE 24, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin's Victory Day speech in Moscow on Tuesday, saying Putin celebrated the 1945 victory against the Nazis even while "attacking Kyiv", referring to a barrage of cruise missiles lobbed at the Ukrainian…

France 24

Worries grow over safety of Ukraine nuclear plant amid Russian evacuations

The ongoing evacuation of a town close to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine has prompted the UN nuclear watchdog to warn of an increasingly unpredictable situation. Meanwhile, Russia's Wagner mercenary group appeared to ditch plans to withdraw from Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, saying they had been promised more…

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Al Jazeera

Blasts rock Russia-annexed Crimea as sirens blare across Ukraine

Pro-Moscow official says Ukraine launched more than 10 drones on Crimean peninsula, including three on Sevastopol port.

Reuters

Ukraine launches more than 10 drones on Crimea - Russia-installed official

Ukraine launched more than 10 drones overnight on the Crimean Peninsula, including three on the port of Sevastopol, a Russian-installed official said early on Sunday, adding that air defence systems repelled all the attacks on Sevastopol.

The Guardian - AU

Car bomb kills one and injures pro-Kremlin writer in Russian city – as it happened

Zakhar Prilepin wounded in explosion in the region of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian state news agency says

The Guardian - UK

We knew in 2011 Putin would attack Ukraine, says Bill Clinton

Revelation raises questions about whether US and Europe should have been more prepared for 2014 invasion

Al Jazeera

Ukraine targets Russian fuel sites ahead of counteroffensive

Attacks intensified, more civilians were killed and Ukraine said its counteroffensive preparations were almost cooked.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fire Extinguished at Russian Oil Refinery after Drone Attack

A drone attack set ablaze parts of an oil products reservoir at a refinery in southern Russia, but emergency services said they extinguished the fire just over two hours later, TASS news agency reported early on Thursday. TASS said the incident occurred at the Ilsky refinery near the Black Sea…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Denies Russian Claim Kyiv Sent Drones to Hit Kremlin

Russia claimed it foiled an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin early Wednesday, calling it an unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Vladimir Putin and promising retaliation for what it termed a "terrorist" act. The Ukrainian president denied it, saying: "We don't attack Putin or Moscow." Putin wasn’t in the…

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