The Latest Breaking News from Crimea

Moscow says responsibility for strikes using US-supplied Atacms missiles ‘borne above all by Washington’. What we know on day 852

Missile strike in Sevastopol, Crimea, kills 5 and injures over 100, sparking tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

Ukrainians claim hits on air defences in occupied Crimea; US, Poland and allies launch taskforce to counter Russian disinformation. What we know on day 839

Two attacks in the past week suggest the lifting of restrictions has allowed Ukraine a more effective defence.

From a dynasty of Ukrainian climbers, Jenya Kazbekova was displaced by Putin’s invasion with her family but now she is determined to reach Paris 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jElbMaWkB80 In Flanders Fields is of course well known to many English speakers: In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below…. I was reminded of this…

Ukrainian defenders hold the line and strike back at Russian ports, airfields and refineries.

Ukraine says last Russian cruise missile ship in Crimea destroyed; give us Russia’s frozen assets, not just the interest, says Kuleba. What we know on day 819

A massive Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea caused power outages in Sevastopol and ignited a refinery in southern Russia, according to Russian authorities.