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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 249

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 249th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

France says no basis to Russian accusations against Britain

Russian accusations that Britain participated in attacks against the Nord Stream gas pipeline and Russian navy ships in Crimea are without foundation, France's foreign ministry said on Sunday.

Reuters

Ukraine grain exports halted after Russia suspends deal participation

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine's maritime grain exports were halted Sunday after Russia suspended its participation in a landmark agreement that allowed the vital shipments, blaming drone attacks on its ships in Crimea.

AFP

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 249 of the invasion

International condemnation after Russia suspends grain deal; Russia claims it has identified the drones used to attack its Black Sea fleet

The Guardian - AU

Russia suspends participation in Ukraine grain deal

Moscow (AFP) - Moscow on Saturday suspended its participation in a landmark agreement that allowed vital grain exports from Ukraine, blaming drone attacks on Russian ships in Crimea.

AFP

Russia Suspends Participation in Ukraine Grain Exports Deal

Russia has suspended participation in a UN-brokered deal to export agricultural produce from Ukrainian ports after attacks on ships in Crimea, Russia's defense ministry said on Saturday, dealing a blow to a three-month agreement aimed at easing a global squeeze on grain supplies. Russia said that Ukrainian forces, with the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.N., Turkey, Ukraine press ahead with Black Sea grain deal despite Russian pullout

The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine are pressing ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal with a transit plan in place for 16 ships on Monday, despite Russia suspending its participation in the pact that has allowed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets.

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Russian Black Sea fleet repells alleged Ukrainian drone attack

The Russian army accused Ukraine of a "massive" drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea on Saturday, claiming the UK helped in the strike that damaged a vessel.

Radio France Internationale

Explosions hit naval port in ‘sustained Ukrainian drone attack’ on Russian positions

Huge explosions rocked residents of Omega Bay in the illegally annexed region of Crimea today after a Russian attack helicopter took out an underwater drone - causing black smoke to rise over the dock

Daily Mirror

Russia says repelled Ukraine drone attack on Crimea fleet

Moscow (AFP) - The Russian army accused Ukraine Saturday of a "massive" drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, while Britain bluntly rejected Moscow's claims its specialists were involved.

AFP

Russian navy ‘repels’ drone attack on Crimea’s Sevastopol

Russia blames UK, Ukraine for the attack on Sevastopol, Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet HQ, as battle rages in the east.

Al Jazeera

Russian Forces Repel Drone Attack on Crimea

Russian naval forces repelled a drone attack in the Bay of Sevastopol, where the Black Sea Fleet in headquartered, on the annexed Crimean peninsular, the Russian-installed leader of the area said on Saturday. "Ships of the Black Sea Fleet repelled a drone attack in the waters of the Sevastopol Bay,"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian state journalist killed by ‘stray bullet’ at Crimea base

Svetlana Babayeva was head of the Rossiya Segodnya media group’s bureau in Simferopol, Crimea’s second-largest city.

Al Jazeera

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…

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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.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'is the new Hitler and Russia doomed to fall like Nazi Germany'

Oleksiy Danilov, who is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s most trusted security adviser, dismissed any idea of a deal whereby Russia would keep Crimea

Reuters

Explainer-Why Ukraine's southern Kherson region is a strategic prize

Ukrainian forces are piling pressure on Russian troops in the southern region of Kherson that Moscow occupied in February at the start of its invasion of Ukraine. Losing control of the region would be another big setback for President Vladimir Putin.

Reuters

Blowing up dam would only slow Ukrainian advance by two weeks in south - spy chief

Russia will slow Ukrainian troops' advance in the south by just two weeks if it blows up the vast Kakhovka dam, but such a move would flood territory occupied by Moscow and lose it a vital water canal for annexed Crimea, Kyiv's military spy chief said.

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U.S. House Speaker Pelosi to attend Ukraine forum in Zagreb

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, will attend a forum in Zagreb this week aimed at supporting Ukraine's independence and the return of the Crimean peninsula to Kyiv, her office announced on Sunday.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What would retreat from Kherson mean for Russia?

Ukrainian forces pressing an offensive in the country's south have zeroed in on Kherson, a regional capital that was seized by Russia in the early days of the war

Evening Standard

Iranian Revolutionary Guard accused of helping Russian forces operate drones in Crimea

‘Iran and Russia, they can lie to the world, but they certainly can’t hide the facts’ a US official said

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: US pledges ‘unwavering commitment’ to Ukraine; Zelenskiy accuses Russia of delaying grain ships – as it happened

Lloyd Austin and Sergei Shoigu also agree to maintain lines of communication; Ukrainian president says Russia delaying ships’ passage

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Trainers on the Ground Help Russia with Ukraine Drone Attacks, US Says

The United States said on Thursday that Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming strand to a war that has heightened geopolitical tensions. Ukrainian citizens endured the first day of nationwide scheduled power outages since the war…

The Independent UK

Ukraine war - latest: Kyiv vows to ‘hit back harder’ if Putin attacks Kakhovka dam

Moscow has resorted to the plot because “nuclear blackmail did not work”, the office of President Zelensky claims

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 240 of the invasion

Iranian advisers helping Russia on the ground in Crimea, says US; Moscow-backed officials ‘evacuate’ people from Kherson

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