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The Latest Breaking News from Crimea

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Ukraine says Putin readying to launch major new offensive; inside the ‘Bakhmut meat grinder’; Zelenskiy’s greatest bargaining chip; Putin cancels year-end press conference

The Guardian - AU

A century and counting: Ukraine's ongoing fight to free itself from Russia

This month marks 100 years since Ukraine joined the Soviet Union. It did so after Ukraine lost in a bid for independence. Ukraine once again finds itself in another life-and-death battle with Moscow.

WEKU

Ukraine recap: drones strike inside Russia while western sanctions get smarter

If you expected things to come to a grinding halt for a few months as winter takes hold in Ukraine and Russia, it looks as if you may need to think again. Military analysts are confidently predicting that Ukraine will intensify its counteroffensive in the south to drive through Russian…

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First Thing: Blizzard warnings, tornadoes and two deaths as storm marches across US

A young boy and his mother were found dead in Louisiana, where their home was destroyed after a tornado hit, according to police. Plus, how the Buy Black movement could benefit the country

The Guardian - UK

Why Crimea is Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s greatest bargaining chip

As Boris Johnson makes an intervention on the status of the peninsula, will Ukraine really insist on Russia giving it back?

The Guardian - UK

Western allies plot how to 'accelerate' Ukraine to 'better position' in war

Stepping up the supply of military kit to Kyiv is under consideration as nations supporting Volodymyr Zelensky's forces try to ease the plight of ordinary Ukrainians

Daily Mirror

Champagne-sipping Putin says ‘they started it’ to justify Russian strikes on Ukraine energy

Russian President says attacks began in retaliation to Ukraine’s alleged attack on the Crimea Bridge in October

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Ukraine war: why the Kinburn spit is of vital military significance and opens up the recapture of Crimea

The Kinburn spit, a tiny headland at the mouth of the Dniepro river, has been described as having “enormous strategic importance” in the next phase of the Ukraine war. Ukraine has indicated its intention to liberate it and an operation seems to be under way to do so.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: Poland welcomed refugees with open arms at first, but survey shows relations are becoming more strained

Around 1.5 million Ukrainians have settled in Poland in the aftermath of the full-scale Russian incursion of Ukraine in February 2022. The latest group comprises mainly women and children, in contrast to those already there who were predominantly male and economically active and who had migrated from Ukraine after the…

The Conversation

Putin drives across Crimea bridge badly damaged in October bomb attack

Putin also seen walking across the bridge

The Independent UK

Russia’s Putin Drives across Repaired Bridge to Crimea

Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to boost Russian morale Monday by driving a vehicle across a bridge to Crimea that a truck bomb had damaged in October. Putin took the wheel of a Mercedes to drive across the bridge that links Russia’s mainland with the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow annexed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Vladimir Putin will struggle to deploy 87% of Russia's nuclear weapons, insiders claim

There have been fears Russia President Vladimir Putin will unleash a devastating nuclear attack on Ukraine or even NATO countries for helping the war-torn country defend itself from invasion

Daily Mirror

Russia's Putin drives across repaired bridge to Crimea

Russian President Vladimir Putin has driven a vehicle across a bridge to Crimea that was damaged by a truck bomb attack in October

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin brazenly drives across repaired Crimea bridge after huge truck bomb

Russian President Vladimir Putin drove a Mercedes across Kerch Bridge to Crimea and spoke to repair workers after the crossing was destroyed by a truck bomb in October

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Putin drives across Crimea bridge in a Mercedes

President Vladimir Putin on Monday drove a Mercedes across the Crimean Bridge linking southern Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula, less than two months since an explosion tore through one of the Kremlin chief's showcase infrastructure projects.

Al Jazeera

Ex-NATO chief says Russian army disorganised, using old weapons

Al Jazeera interviews Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO’s chief from 2009 until 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea.

Reuters

U.S. seeks $5.4 million from Russian businessman Malofeyev's account

Prosecutors on Wednesday moved to confiscate $5.4 million from a U.S. bank account belonging to Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeyev, who Washington has accused of financing separatists in eastern Ukraine and Crimea and imposed sanctions on him.

Daily Mirror

Gunman kills three people during shooting rampage in Russian town near Crimea

The 66-year-old shooter opened fire on the streets of Krymsk, where he murdered a security guard and two other people, before turning the gun on himself

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The Guardian - UK

Iranian advisers killed aiding Russians in Crimea, says Kyiv

Top security official says Tehran military personnel in occupied areas will be ‘targeted’

Al Jazeera

Russian forces in Kherson alert as Ukraine plans next move

Ukraine has kept Russian forces guessing about their next move, pinning down occupying troops in defensive positions.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: after recapture of Kherson the conflict is poised at the gates of Crimea

More than the offensives that retook so much land in September, the recent recapture of Kherson marks a clear decision point for Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Air Defenses Activated in Crimea, Two Drones Shot Down

Russian air defenses were activated on Tuesday in the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, and two drones were shot down, the regional governor said in a statement, urging people to keep calm. Sevastopol is the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet. Russia blamed…

Reuters

In Crimea, two drone attacks repelled, Russian-installed official says

Russian air defences on Tuesday repelled two drone attacks in Crimea, annexed from Ukraine in 2014, including one attack targeting a power station, the regional governor said in a statement.

Los Angeles Times

Buoyed by southern success, Ukraine revives long-shot dream of retaking Crimea

ODESA, Ukraine — Beneath a chill, low-lying fog, the Black Sea has gone winter-gray. The craggy coast of Crimea, illegally seized from Ukraine by Russia nearly nine years ago, lies far from this southern stretch of seashore — yet, to many here, the strategic peninsula suddenly seems tantalizingly close.

Al Jazeera

Loss and liberation: Escape from Russia-occupied Kherson

A Ukrainian mother shares her story of fleeing with her daughter, but aches to return one day.

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