either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content A road bridge in Russian-occupied Crimea has "spontaneously" collapsed damaging railway tracks underneath it and leaving two people injured The bridge on the Dzhankoi-Maslove route collapsed on November 13 Newsweek reached out to the Russian and Ukrainian foreign affairs ministries for comment via email The damage to the bridge will disrupt Russia's transportation of supplies in the ongoing war against Ukraine The railway is used to transport military shipments in the territory and the Dzhankoi district in northern Crimea is reportedly a crucial military logistics hub Representatives of the occupying administration didn't initially comment on the cause of the collapse which said one of the two people injured is in a critical condition Crimean Transport Minister Alexander Ovdienko was cited by Arbat Media as saying the bridge had collapsed "spontaneously," and the Russians' investigative committee later said the bridge collapsed due to vehicles on it being too heavy for the bridge to withstand Bridge collapsed between Dzhankoi and Maslove in Russia-occupied Crimea. pic.twitter.com/UnyoOBqPxe Telegram channels reported that a truck and a car were on the bridge at the time of its collapse the CHP Severnyi Krym (Emergency Northern Crimea) Telegram channel said that eyewitness accounts reported that the bridge could not bear the truck's weight It isn't the only bridge in Crimea to suffer damage recently. The Kerch bridge, also known as the Kerch Strait Bridge, was "living in its final days" in September and it is in need of repairs and it has sustained structural damage The bridge, used by Russia to connect the country with Crimea, was opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018 and allows Russians to transport supplies for forces in southwestern Ukraine In an attempt to recapture Crimea, Ukraine struck the bridge in 2022 and in July 2023, and a spokesperson for Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate said in the spring that another strike was "inevitable." Crimea, a peninsula connected to the mainland of Ukraine, is a key territory at the center of the conflict. Fighting between the two countries over the peninsula began in 2014 Russia previously annexed the peninsula in 1783 under Catherine the Great as part of the Russian Empire, and gained its independence with Ukraine in 1991 Moscow seemed to be ready to capitulate to Ukraine's demands regarding Crimea in September 2023 when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov appeared to recognize the territorial integrity of Ukraine so long as it would be a "non-aligned country" and would not "enter into any military alliances." Ukraine continues to launch attacks toward Crimea as it seeks to reclaim the territory ET; This article was updated with information and comments from Arbat Media Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all This was reported by the ATES guerrilla movement on Telegram “An ATES agent reported that new military units have arrived in Dzhankoi to protect military facilities,” the statement said It is noted that such a strengthening of security measures is associated with the transfer of military personnel from security tasks to the frontline where the enemy suffers significant losses This measure indicates a critical situation at the front for the Russian Armed Forces and attempts to compensate for losses by increasing the number of combat-ready units that were in the “rear,” ATES added Ukrinform reported that the enemy was transporting killed and injured soldiers from the Kherson region to Dzhankoi While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 Ukraine military says surface-to-air systems in Dzhankoi and anti-aircraft missile units in Chornomorske and Yevpatoria hit The Kyiv Independent reports: The statement came after a series of explosions were reported in the peninsula at night One S-400 anti-aircraft missile unit was hit near Dzhankoi and two more S-300 anti-aircraft missile units were attacked near occupied Chornomorske and Yevpatoria The radars of the systems reportedly stopped working “immediately” after the strikes “None of our missiles fired were intercepted by the enemy’s ‘highly effective’ air defence,” the General Staff said further detonations of ammunition were observed in all three areas of the launching positions of the Russian anti-aircraft missile divisions.” The General Staff did not provide further details on the consequences of the attack or what weaponry was used The Russian military has taken control of the village of Staromaiorske in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry said on Monday The defence ministry said its troops “continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defence and liberated the settlement of Staromaiorskoye” (Staromaiorske in Ukrainian) located southwest of the Russian-held city of Donetsk will aim to chart a path toward possible peace nearly 28 months after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea and Vietnam in the coming weeks, Russia’s Vedomosti newspaper reported on Monday with an official telling Reuters the Vietnam visit was planned for June 19-20 (but this has not yet been confirmed) Putin’s visit to Pyongyang is being “actively prepared” Russian ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora confirmed to the newspaper The head of Ukraine’s reconstruction agency has resigned a day before an international conference on the country’s long-term reconstruction saying he had been prevented from attending after being systematically undermined by the Ukrainian government from doing his job Mustafa Nayyem announced his resignation in a Facebook post on Monday after previously sending a strongly worded email to a number of foreign partners criticising the Ukrainian administration for a wide range of mistakes Thank you for following today’s latest news. This blog is closing now but you can read all our Ukraine coverage here. while Ukrainian shelling hurt another three people The people were injured in the town of Shebekino in Russia’s Belgorod region which often comes under attack from the Ukrainian side The area is just a few kilometres from Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region where a Russian offensive last month aimed to create a “security zone” to prevent Ukrainian strikes “Four people – three self-defence fighters and an employee of the Rossiya-24 TV station – were blown up by a mine in the town of Shebekino,” Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram was in a serious condition and was undergoing surgery after shrapnel wounds to his abdomen and shoulder adding that one of the self-defence fighters was also hospitalised Three civilians were injured in an earlier Ukrainian aerial attack on the same town A man and two women were hospitalised with multiple shrapnel injuries adding that the strike had partially cut off electricity to the town 10 Jun 202414.28 CESTUkraine says it hit Russian air defence systems in occupied CrimeaUkraine’s military said it damaged three Russian surface-to-air defence systems overnight in missile attacks on the Moscow-occupied Crimea peninsula Nayyem said the final straw was when his permission to travel to Berlin was revoked The two-day Ukraine recovery conference starts in Berlin on Tuesday and is due to be addressed by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy My colleagues Kate Connolly, Shaun Walker and Patrick Wintour have the full story here: This claim has not been independently verified by the Guardian Ukrainian troops retook the village, close to the southern Zaporizhzhia region, in July last year during its summer counter-offensive, which had limited success but enabled it to retake some territory in the south. Staromaiorske is located on the southern front on the south-western edge of the Donetsk region, where there is now fierce fighting after a successful ground assault in the Kharkiv region last month. Vladimir Putin told an economic forum last week that Russia has taken 47 Ukrainian towns and villages so far this year. US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said on Sunday that Russia’s advance on the Kharkiv border region has “stalled out” after Washington partially lifted restrictions on using US-donated weapons to strike inside Russia. Russia has shifted its focus to two strategic towns in the Donetsk region, Ukrainian soldiers fighting there told AFP at the weekend. “The fiercest fighting is taking place in this area: Pokrovsk and Chasiv Yar. This is the direction they really want. This is their idee fixe,” said Oleksandr, a 36-year-old tank crewman. Another soldier, Danylo Madiar, 33, said Russia has been advancing “very strongly” since autumn and “it became very difficult to hold this frontline” with many losses. 10 Jun 202413.50 CESTA top Ukrainian reconstruction official known for his reform efforts resigned on Monday, citing budget cuts and bureaucratic delays, at a time when Kyiv seeks crucial international investment to rebuild after Russia’s invasion. The resignation of Mustafa Nayyem, head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development, comes a day before a major international conference in Berlin dedicated to mobilising international support for Ukraine’s reconstruction. “I made the decision on my own due to systemic obstacles that do not allow me to continue to effectively exercise my powers,” Nayyem said on Telegram. “Starting from November last year, the Agency’s team began to face constant opposition, resistance and the creation of artificial obstacles,” he said, which included delays in payment for defence fortifications. Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Nayyem hailed his agency’s work on restoring roadways and bridges in recaptured areas, building a critical water pipeline after the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and protecting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure amid Russian air strikes. The prominent former lawmaker also criticised a government decision to prevent him from travelling to the event in Berlin, as well as the dismissal of the deputy prime minister for infrastructure, another critical wartime official, last month. 10 Jun 202413.43 CESTFour people were injured by a landmine in Russia’s Belgorod, the governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Monday on the Telegram messaging app. Among the injured was a cameraman for Russian state TV channel Rossiya 24, who suffered shrapnel wounds to his abdomen Gladkov said. Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said the results reflected, in part, both leaders’ “inept policy” of backing Ukraine in the war with Russia. “Time to retire. To the ash heap of history!” Medvedev posted on social media platform X. Valentina Matviyenko, head of the upper house of parliament, said Macron and Scholz had “suffered a crushing defeat with their parties (that) once again confirms their failure as both national and European politicians. “Moreover, in their case this is a well-deserved result, arising from many years of complete disregard for the real needs of people and society,” she wrote on Telegram. Russia has long courted leaders on Europe’s political right such as Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban and France’s Marine Le Pen, and is keen to exploit any signs of division in Europe that could weaken support for Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that after the EU elections, the majority in the European Parliament would still be pro-EU and pro-Ukraine, but the rise of right-wing parties was clear. “This dynamic is visible to the naked eye and of course, despite the fact that the pro-Europeans retain their leading positions for the time being, over time the right-wing parties will step on their heels,” he said. “We are closely tracking these processes.” 10 Jun 202413.32 CESTRajan MenonIs the risk of nuclear escalation rising between Russia and the west Rajan Menon writes of the risk that is notoriously hard to predict Warnings about nuclear escalation in Ukraine are now being issued with increasing frequency and urgency due to dramatic changes in policy by some of Kyiv’s main western supporters 10 Jun 202413.22 CESTVladimir Putin to visit North Korea in the coming weeks - reportVladimir Putin will visit North Korea and Vietnam in the coming weeks, Russia’s Vedomosti newspaper reported on Monday, with an official telling Reuters the Vietnam visit was planned for June 19-20 but has not yet confirmed. Putin’s visit to Pyongyang is being “actively prepared”, Russian ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora confirmed to the newspaper. The newspaper reported that Putin could visit Vietnam as early as June and most likely immediately after his visit to North Korea. An official in Vietnam told Reuters the dates of the Hanoi visit had been agreed, but the agenda was still under discussion. Energy, military cooperation, settlement of payments and an agreement in the education field are among the main issues expected to be discussed, the official said. Vedomosti quoted Russia’s trade representative in Vietnam as saying last month that the most pressing trade issue between the two countries was banking support for settling payments. Vietnam’s foreign ministry did not reply to a request for comment. Updated at 14.05 CEST10 Jun 202412.48 CESTRussia claims to have taken Donetsk villageThe Russian military has taken control of the village of Staromaiorske in the Donetsk region of Ukraine the Russian defence ministry said on Monday Reuters could not independently verify battlefield reports Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets including the Daily Express You can get in touch with Isabel by emailing i.vanbrugen@newsweek.com or by following her on X @isabelvanbrugen Satellite photos have been released showing the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike in the city of Dzhankoi in annexed Crimea that purportedly destroyed an advanced Russian air-defense system Ukraine's General Staff said its forces "successfully attacked one Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system near Dzhankoi as well as two enemy S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems near Chornomorske and Yevpatoria." Newsweek could not independently those claims and contacted the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email Attacks on Crimea have ramped up throughout Russian President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as Kyiv vows to reclaim the Black Sea peninsula The photos are from California-based global imaging company Planet Labs the Russian service of the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Monday "The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a military facility" in Dzhankoi while the quality of satellite images is not high enough to identify the affected equipment accurately they show that an object appeared in the targeted location last month and that fortifications were also built close by The Ukrainian military said Monday that the long-range strikes damaged radar equipment that form key parts of Russian air-defense systems Military expert Anatoly Khrapchinskyi told Radio Svoboda that the Russian Podlet radar system which is used in the S-300 and S-400 air-defense systems could have been at the site of the attack in the satellite images Ukraine has frequently attacked Russian military bases saying they are legitimate targets in the ongoing war The British Defense Ministry said in an assessment on May 1 that such attacks will likely force Russia to scatter fighter jets and move air-defense systems in the future Last week, a Russian pro-war military blogger urged Putin to address his country's air defenses after a reported strike on the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine damaged parts of a Russian S-300/400 air defense system "Russian occupier bloggers take extremely seriously the threat to Russian air defense systems from allied forces including ATACMS ballistic missiles," Boris Rozhin He added that a revision of the "architecture" of Russia's air-defense systems is urgently needed "It is necessary to be able to separate control cabins launchers and other machines of the complex several hundred meters from each other Creation of anti-fragmentation screens and curtains for all elements of the air defense system and mandatory reservation of control cabins where the crews are located," Rozhin wrote a change in the appearance of air defense systems from bulky 'cubes' visible for kilometers to the most compact 'transformers' capable of camouflage on the ground." 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Up to 30 Russian personnel may have been killed and another 80 injured, according to a new report, after dramatic footage appeared to show explosions at a Russian military base in northern Crimea overnight "About 30 Russian servicemen were killed and about 80 were wounded at the airfield in Dzhankoy," a Crimean-based Telegram channel called Crimean Wind reported on Wednesday Crimean Wind is a pro-Ukrainian monitoring group that focuses on Crimea and generally offers reliable information spokesperson for Ukraine's southern forces described Dzhankoy as a legitimate military target on Wednesday but declined to offer up further details said Ukrainian forces had attacked the Russian air base at Dzhankoy using around a dozen Army Tactical Missile System Newsweek reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry and the Ukrainian military for comment Footage widely circulated on social media by Russian and Ukrainian sources early on Wednesday showed bright flashes of light and explosions, with sirens wailing in the background. Data from NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System showed six blazes just outside Dzhankoy overnight Several Telegram channels reported a series of explosions beginning shortly before 4 a.m local time and said nearby roads had been closed south of the crossing from Crimea into Ukraine's annexed Kherson region Home to one of Russia's largest airfields in Crimea it is key for keeping Russian forces on the mainland stocked up Moscow annexed Crimea from Kyiv back in 2014 Satellite imagery previously taken over Dzhankoy suggested Russia had a number of helicopters and advanced air defenses at the site pro-Ukrainian partisans operating in Crimea said they had detected a "build-up" of air defense systems on the peninsula The Atesh group said additional anti-aircraft missile systems around the Dzhankoy airfield were "not camouflaged in any way." "It is clear that this is a military airfield a legitimate target," Ukraine's Humeniuk said on Wednesday Russia frequently moves assets to protect them from damage she said in remarks reported by Ukrainian media adding: "But not all maneuvers were successful." Ukraine has previously launched strikes on Russian air bases in Crimea Earlier this year, Ukraine's air force said it had launched missile strikes on the Belbek airfield close to the port city of Sevastopol on Crimea's western edge a string of explosions at the Saky air base in western Crimea damaged numerous Russian warplanes at the site Ukraine said Thursday its forces had struck a large Russian airfield on the annexed Crimean peninsula The attack took place in the early hours of Wednesday at the Dzhankoi air base on the northern part of the peninsula seized by Moscow in 2014 Ukraine's military intelligence said the operation was "successful," damaging radars and air defense systems "The number of enemy aviation objects destroyed or damaged and the number of casualties among personnel of the Russian occupation army is being clarified," it said Videos purportedly showing explosions and sirens blaring at the airfield had circulated on social media the day before President Volodymyr Zelensky later confirmed his forces carried out the attack in an evening address thanking the military for what he called a "correct strike against the occupier." 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But to continue our work, we need your help please support us monthly starting from just $2 and every contribution makes a significant impact independent journalism in the face of repression Schemes, an investigative project by Radio Liberty, has published Planet Labs satellite images dated April 19 depicting the aftermath of Ukrainian missile strikes on Dzhankoi a russian military airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea we see pinpoint strikes on air defense systems and damage to the enemy's ammunition depot most of the aircraft were relocated," aviation expert Anatolii Khrapchynskyi explained in a comment to Schemes Khrapchynskyi pointed out that the airfield serves as one of the largest russian helicopter bases and functions as a key military transport hub for the relocation of equipment Note that the impact and destruction are clearly visible not only on the launching pads and radar installations of the S-400 systems but also on the sites where various types of ammunition were stored It is also worth noting an interesting detail - it seems that the Ukrainian Defense Forces have shifted to implement a rather intriguing strategy of missile strikes The essence of this strategy can be described as targeting (at first glance) secondary objects in order to expedite the disabling of the main target Ukrainian forces could have specifically targeted the platforms with SAM systems and ammunition dumps calculating that the secondary detonation could significantly damage the aircraft on the airfield simultaneously what cassette ATACMS ammunition does to russian helicopters the successful missile strike on the Dzhankoi airfield has effectively created a "closed access zone" for the russians do not have the opportunity to use their aviation in the war against Ukraine Earlier, Defense Express reported another S-400 SAM system destroyed as a result of Ukraine's missile strike on russia's Dzhankoi air base. It also revealed what the Fundament-M air surveillance system is, which was destroyed in Ukraine's strike on Dzhankoi airfield The Atesh guerrilla movement reported this on Telegram “Russian troops continue to arrive in Dzhankoi Atesh agents record the arrival of new trains with replenishment An interesting fact is that we also notice mass transportation of wounded and killed from the left bank of the occupied Kherson region at the station,” the statement said It is noted that the Russian military leadership continues to send mobilized soldiers to the front where the Ukrainian Defense Forces “will meet them and expand the statistics of losses of the Russian army.” Ukrinform reported that the guerrillas recorded the arrival of the Russian military from the eastern district of Dzhankoi MP Serhii Sobolev told the news outlet Suspilne The ratification vote is scheduled for May 8 Attacks against the border villages of Bilopillia and Vorozhba damaged civilian infrastructure and triggered emergency evacuations the regional military administration reported "I look forward to working with President Erdogan on getting the ridiculous war between Russia and Ukraine ended — now!" U.S Putin's Victory Day truce "doesn't sound like much if you know where we started from," Trump told reporters at the White House on May 5 Far-right Euroskeptic candidate George Simion head of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan placed second with 20.99% of the vote and the candidate from the ruling coalition "It requires the continuation of contacts between Moscow and Washington which have been launched and are now ongoing," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said set to operate within the Council of Europe will focus on Russia's political and military leaders up to 20 Russian soldiers were killed and their equipment destroyed The move represents an apparent violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions passed in the wake of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests "We are ready to deepen our contribution to the training of the Ukrainian military," Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on May 5 Davis's arrival follows the resignation of Ambassador Bridget Brink by Chris York, The Kyiv Independent news deskAlleged footage of a targeted Russian air defense system in Dzhankoi in occupied Crimea on April 17 secretly shipped over 100 long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine last week some of which were immediately deployed and used to strike a Russian military airfield in Dzhankoi in occupied Crimea the New York Times (NYT) reported on April 25 Washington announced an aid package worth $300 million to Kyiv on March 12 while Congress debated further aid to Ukraine In February, U.S. President Joe Biden instructed his team to include the long-range ATACMS in the package, doing it in secrecy for security reasons and "to maintain the element of surprise for Ukraine," Reuters reported on April 24 The NYT said it was these missiles that struck the airfield in Dzhankoi on April 17 Ukraine's military intelligence on April 18 said that Ukrainian forces had destroyed four S-400 launchers and air space surveillance equipment Fundament-M in the attack "These strikes proved — once again — that Ukraine can notch battlefield victories when given the right tools," Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi the senior Republican on the Armed Services Committee "Ukraine can put a target on every Russian asset in Crimea including critical ammunition and fuel depots Imagine if they had these missiles two years ago." The U.S. first delivered mid-range older models of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine last fall The older models have a range of 165 kilometers (roughly 100 miles) Newer models of ATACMS have a maximum range of around 300 kilometers (around 190 miles) and their delivery to Ukraine was previously unknown to the public Kyiv has repeatedly pressed its Western allies for longer-range weapons but partners hesitated about delivering arms that could potentially be used to strike within Russian territory The Pentagon also raised concerns that sending Ukraine the long-range missiles could damage the U.S.'s military readiness by depleting its own stockpiles was able to address these concerns in January leading to the ultimate decision to send them to Ukraine Russia's use of North Korean long-range ballistic missiles against Ukraine and attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure influenced Washington's decision to send Kyiv long-range missiles after all Ukraine's military intelligence agency says Kyiv took out several of Russia's prized S-400 air-defense launchers during an attack on an airbase in the occupied Crimean peninsula this week targeted the Dzhankoi military base in northern Crimea and destroyed or critically damaged four S-400 launchers the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence said on Thursday Footage of the attack shared on Thursday by Ukraine's defense ministry purported to show several munitions being launched into the sky and then a series of massive explosions at the base It's unclear what type of ordnance Kyiv's forces used for the strikes and Business Insider was unable to immediately verify the footage Explosions were initially reported around the base early Wednesday morning and then footage of the Ukrainian attack began to circulate on social media the pro-Ukraine Atesh partisan movement reported the "defeat" of an "S-400 complex." A launcher had exploded and there was serious damage to the remaining vehicles of the system citing agents that the group said it had within the Russian military "The occupiers believed in their newest air-defense system so much that they placed warehouses with missiles directly next to the launcher," Atesh claimed in a Telegram statement Russia's formidable S-400 Triumf is a mobile surface-to-air missile system that's capable of engaging targets — such as aircraft and cruise and ballistic missiles — at long ranges and high altitudes The S-400 is the successor system to the S-200 and S-300 and is considered to be a Russian equivalent of the US-made MIM-104 Patriot battery Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy celebrated the attack on Wednesday evening and thanked both the Ukrainian forces and Col and each of their losses is Ukraine's strength," he said in an address to the nation Stay in the know with The National Interest newsletter © Copyright 2025 Center for the National Interest 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following a drone attack late Monday Interfax quoted the head of the city administration Igor Ivin as saying on Tuesday Ukraine said the attack had destroyed Russian cruise missiles though it denied responsibility for the "mysterious" incident "An explosion in the town of Dzhankoi in the north of temporarily occupied Crimea destroyed Russian Kalibr-NK cruise missiles as they were being transported by rail," Ukrainian military intelligence said in a statement on social media Russian investigators had earlier said that air defense systems repelled a drone attack at Dzhankoi and that debris from the incident damaged a shop and home and left one person injured "The targets of all downed drones were civilian objects," the Investigative Committee added in its statement Crimea’s Kremlin-installed leader Sergei Aksyonov said the debris from activated air defense systems had damaged a household and a store near Dzhankoi Aksyonov’s adviser Oleg Kryuchkov denied that railway infrastructure was damaged in the attack but did say the attack was "revenge" for the annexation days after Moscow celebrated the ninth anniversary of the region's takeover Dzhankoi is a logistics hub on the border between Russian-controlled Crimea and southern Ukraine which has been controlled by Russian forces since they invaded Ukraine in February last year Igor Ivin, Dzhankoi’s Russian-installed mayor, told state television that power lines had also been damaged Igor Mikhailichenko, the deputy head of Crimea’s administration, told the state-run TV channel Krym-24 that all the shrapnel-laced drones had been downed over civilian objects Eyewitness footage showed a series of loud explosions and debris from what appeared to be a drone Baza, a Telegram news channel with purported links with Russia’s security services, said Tuesday a 33-year-old bystander was hospitalized after suffering a shrapnel wound in the chest The attack took place two days after Russia marked the ninth anniversary of the 2014 annexation of Crimea with low-key festivities as Russian troops enter the second year of their full-scale invasion of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea over the weekend his first to the peninsula since he sent troops to Ukraine on February 24 last year 2024 reveal ten Mi-28 and two Ka-52 attack helicopters as well as four Su-25 attack aircraft currently stationed at the military air base in Dzhankoi Apart from real aircraft, the russian Aerospace Forces for an unknown purpose also painted one fake Mi-28 on the airfield, OSINT analyst MT Anderson noted alongside the sat-photos he posted on X (former Twitter) Anderson points out how the imagery shows relocation of an S-400 air defense system division from the old specially equipped position to a new unprepared location As for the fake "Mi-28" painted on the runway, there can be only one explanation here: either the russian invasion forces have lost at least one Mi-28 somewhere, even if due to malfunction, and marked it on the ground or they are trying to mislead the Ukrainians about the number of active rotorcraft available at the airfield Earlier Defense Express reported that the painted fake "aircraft" have been already noticed at as many as 9 air bases, and suggested what could be the purpose of these actions Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully struck a Russian S-400 missile division near Dzhankoi as well as two S-300 missile divisions near Chornomorsk and Yevpatoria overnight on June 10 citing the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Not a single one of our launched missiles was intercepted by the 'highly effective' enemy air defense," the report says immediately after the strikes by Ukrainian rocketeers the radar systems of the S-300/S-400 complexes ceased operation further detonation of munitions was observed in all three areas of the Russian anti-aircraft missile divisions' launch positions "Thanks to the successful combat work of the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces the Russian occupiers in Ukrainian Crimea suffered significant losses," the report says powerful explosions were heard overnight on June 10 in several areas of the temporarily occupied Crimea as well as in the Saky and Dzhankoi districts At the end of May, Ukrainian Defense Forces targeted the Kerch ferry crossing and sank one of the ferries, disrupting the logistics of the occupiers in Crimea. 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All rights reserved An object that partisans found in Crimea near the town of Dzhankoi is being guarded and surrounded by fortifications That is according to tsn.ua, citing information that was provided by Ukrainian and Crimean Tatars military partisan movement in the occupied territories of Ukraine named Atesh (Crimean Tatar: Ateş Partisans revealed the huge number of russian troops at a granary in Zarichne village of Dzhankoi district "According to the information there are about 20 trucks such as tented Ural and KamAZ trucks as well as fuel tank trucks russian soldiers are guarding the driveways to the facility near the equipped fortifications We know that russian personnel is located throughout the village We have got coordinates: 45.743882181627114 The Atesh insists that it is constantly conducting the reconnaissance of russian troops in Crimea As media reports the Atesh movement was created in September 2022 after the russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine They claim to have developed a network of saboteurs inside the russian military and have created a course instructing russian soldiers how to wreck their own equipment they claimed 4,000 russian soldiers were learning in their online course Atesh recruited a russian soldier in the occupied town of Henichesk in the Kherson oblast who blew up two trucks with russians onboard On the night of November 17, the Ukrainian military launched a drone strike on the Dzhankoi air base in Crimea, according to Fighterbomber a credible Telegram channel for Russian air force pilots The air base is reported to function as usual Overall, the Kherson sector did not feature active fighting, as reported by the ISW The territory marked blue on the map shows areas liberated by the Ukrainian troops Nova Kakhovka is still under the full control of Russian troops. However, a few days back, locals reported the presence of individual groups of Ukrainian fighters, who withdrew after several skirmishes. They were most likely special ops or reconnaissance, writes War Monitor the Russian military is now transferring the most fighting-fit troops off the right bank of the Dnipro to other sectors of the front They may be used as reinforcement in the Donetsk Region or for the groupings in Zaporizhzhia or the Luhansk Region Russia may use them for its next offensive from the direction of Belarus if this plan gets the green light Social media features a video of a recent friendly fire incident on the Inhulets River. When withdrawing to their river bank, Russian troops decided to destroy the watercraft, but their comrades mistook them for an enemy sabotage reconnaissance group and opened fire on them, reports Gray Zone a Telegram channel affiliated with the Wagner PMC In the Donetsk sector, according to Russian “patriotic” channels “DPR” troops from the 100th People's Militia Brigade captured Bassein a major Ukrainian strongpoint outside Nevelske This development may enable Russian forces to establish fire control over the supply route from Krasnohorivka to Pervomaiske and Avdiivka and proceed to storm Nevelske The Rybar Telegram channel recounts that the Russian troops attacked the strongpoint in three groups: one approached from the north cutting the supply of the long-term AFU position through the forest while the other two breached the line of trenches combat action in other sectors is limited to positional fighting with Russian troops attempting to capture the northern reaches of Opytne and the eastern part of Vodiane As Ukrainian military expert Roman Svitan explained to The Insider the capturing of the Bassein strongpoint is “too minor an event for a strategic breakthrough” while the fortified locality indeed offers control over the road from Krasnohorivka it gives no serious advantage to the Russians Using target coordinates provided by Ukrainian guerrilla fighters and deeply inserted special ops agents, the Ukrainian military launched a precision strike on the command units of Russia’s 58th Combined Arms Army stationed in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia, writes Chuck Pfarrer military correspondent and former US Marine On November 17, Russian troops continued their missile warfare across the territory of Ukraine, according to Ukraine's Air Force Apart from strikes conducted by rocket artillery and S-300 surface-to-air missiles on cities along the frontline Russian strategic Tu-95MS jets also launched a mission from the Volgodonsk District of Rostov Region A total of nine missile-carrier bombers fired up to 18 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles targeting an industrial facility in Dnipropetrovsk Region and gas extracting facilities four of the Russian cruise missiles were shot down the Ukrainian military destroyed five Shahed drones incoming from Belarus the air defense systems of the South Air Force Command destroyed two Kh-59 guided aircraft missiles In all, according to the AFU, Russia has fired almost 150 missiles at Ukraine over the last six days, with 111 launched on November 15. Since November 11, the AFU has destroyed 102 airborne targets, reports General Oleksii Hromov The Ukrainian Ministry of Reintegration has released data on the liberated Ukrainian settlements as of November 15 A total of 943 communities have been deoccupied across the Kharkiv Over 23,000 people have already been evacuated from the liberated Kharkiv Region, reported Iryna Vereshchuk the Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories She remarked that the number included almost 2,500 minors and 452 individuals with impaired mobility Vereshchuk added that residents are being evacuated from other endangered regions as well and that the evacuation was strictly voluntary Meanwhile, as CNN reports the US is facing a shortage of particular weapons and munitions requested by Kyiv Primarily it concerns the stock of 155-mm artillery ammunition and Stinger anti-aircraft shoulder-fired missiles CNN’s sources assert that challenges may arise in the manufacturing of other weapons as well including Javelin anti-tank missile systems and HARM and GMLRS rockets Pentagon reported having sent over 806,000 155-mm artillery rounds to Ukraine Late on November 16, several countries at the seventh meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (the Rammstein format) committed to more weapons supplies, reports US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin · Canada will provide aid worth $34 million · Sweden will provide Ukraine with €287 million worth of military aid · Spain will submit two additional Hawk air defense systems and missiles · Greece will supply 155-mm ammunition · Germany will continue to supply air defense systems We really need your help! 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Сделано в Charmer устарел и не позволяет корректно отображать сайт Henry Riley is Leading Britain's Conversation A huge explosion sent a fireball and smoke into the skyline after another Russian ammo dump went up in flames Dramatic footage shows the enormous blast on what is believed to be a stash in occupied Crimea the Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014 Ammunition cooks off and flys haphazardly away from the blast as ordinary people drive past and record with their phones is some 100 miles from the southern Kherson region where Ukraine's forces are thought to be preparing to counter attack It has led to speculation over how the dump could have been struck given it is out of range of Western-supplied rocket launcher vehicles A senior Ukrainian source was quoted in the New York Times as saying an "elite military unit" was behind Tuesday's attack Read more: Ukraine blows up Russia's 'Wagner mercenary HQ' after street sign gives away location Possibly railroad terminals filled with Russian military ammunition "Detonation of Russian ammunition depots confirmed by the Russian side "I'm more inclined to think this could be Ukrainian partisans Way too deep in the occupied territory and too far from Ukrainian positions." #Crimea this morning. 😳Possibly railroad terminals filled with Russian military ammunition, etc. pic.twitter.com/9WmMQ1VaA7 Enormous area detonated deep in occupied Crimea. Given that the town of Dzhankoi is both a major railway and freeway hub of Crimea, it seems sheer size/quantity of Russian munitions depots there was very significant.pic.twitter.com/beBx5il3mh The Russian defence ministry said no serious casualties happened in the blast It admitted "sabotage" was to blame for a military warehouse getting damaged while Russian state news agency Tass said civilian facilities "including power lines and a number of residential buildings were damaged too" Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said: "Morning near Dzhankoi began with explosions "A reminder: Crimea of normal country is about the Black Sea but Crimea occupied by Russians is about warehouses explosions and high risk of death for invaders and thieves While the partisan claim cannot be verified the footage Mr Sushko posted from Ukraine caused speculation over how it could have been hit Russia's forces have been battered by Western-supplied rocket launchers including GMLRS and Himars which have longer ranges than regular tube artillery Twitter users monitoring the war speculated if the strike was designed to sabotage Russian rail transport in Crimea It comes shortly after a strike on a Russian air base in the peninsula leaving one person dead and at least eight planes wrecked Ukraine did not claim responsibility while Russia tried to downplay the attack It triggered speculation over whether Ukraine had used a long-range missile or if special forces had been involved See more More Latest News See more Latest News See more The News Explained See more Royals See more Highlights & Opinion See more More Topics Videos on social media show blasts in the northern part of the peninsula Russia's defence ministry said a fire triggered the blasts in the Dzhankoi area - before later blaming "sabotage" An adviser to Ukraine's President Zelensky calls the explosions "demilitarisation in action" Crimea's Russian-installed authorities have declared an "emergency situation" in the area a Russian military base in Crimea was severely damaged in a series of explosions which destroyed warplanes Ukraine did not confirm it was responsible but experts suggested it was a successful We're pausing our live coverage for today Thanks for joining us as we've brought details of the explosions in Crimea and other developments from the war in Ukraine Today's coverage was brought to you by Alex Therrien Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingWhat's been happening today?published at 17:32 British Summer Time 16 August 202217:32 BST 16 August 2022We're wrapping up today's live coverage shortly here's a recap of today's events: We'll be back with more details as events unfold Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingZelensky accuses Russia of 'nuclear blackmail'published at 17:26 British Summer Time 16 August 202217:26 BST 16 August 2022Hugo BachegaBBC News Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingEstonia to remove Soviet-era war monumentspublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 16 August 202217:18 BST 16 August 2022Image source Getty ImagesEstonia plans to remove Soviet-era war monuments from public places The move is aimed at preventing them "from mobilising more hostility in society and tearing open old wounds" following Russia's invasion of Ukraine Narva is Estonia's third biggest city where 97% of its population of about 60,000 people speak Russian Russia's war in Ukraine is stirring tension in Narva in particular Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says her government would not "afford Russia the opportunity to use the past to disturb the peace in Estonia" "Considering the speed of the increasing tensions and confusion around memorials in Narva we must act quickly to ensure public order and internal security." The World War Two cemetery will also be relocated with "a neutral grave marker" - an issue that the government acknowledges may create tensions Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRussia fines streaming service Twitch over ‘fake’ Bucha videopublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 16 August 202217:11 BST 16 August 2022Image source Russian forces have been accused of conducting a massacre in Bucha shortly after the conflict began Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingMacron raises nuclear concerns with Zelenskypublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 16 August 202217:03 BST 16 August 2022Image source The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on the banks of the Dnipro River Now Macron confirms he's raised his own concerns over Ukraine's nuclear facilities He adds that he backed a proposal by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) watchdog for investigators to be sent to examine the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant There have been concerns in recent days about shelling near the nuclear plant Both Russia and Ukraine blame each other for risks to the nuclear facility it's still operated by Ukrainian technicians Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingWhy Crimea matters to Russianspublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 16 August 202216:51 BST 16 August 2022Laura GozziBBC News Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingPeople 'scrambling to leave across Crimean Bridge' - local mediapublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 16 August 202216:32 BST 16 August 2022Will VernonBBC News The Crimean Bridge prior to its official opening on 15 May 2018 A bridge linking Crimea with Russia is experiencing record-breaking traffic as people scramble to leave It comes as Russian-installed authorities say that train services are being affected by railway lines damaged by the explosions in Crimea senior Ukrainian officials have frequently hinted that the bridge itself may become a target of their missiles But any strike would be highly controversial as the Crimean Bridge is arguably a non-military target Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingUN wheat ship departs from Odesapublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 16 August 202216:05 BST 16 August 2022Image source The MV Brave Commander left Ukraine's port of Pivdennyi for Djibouti a little earlier Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingKey moments in the war so farpublished at 15:22 British Summer Time 16 August 202215:22 BST 16 August 2022Image source Getty ImagesLet's have a quick recap of some key moments of the last few months: President Zelensky has since tweeted that he has discussed Russia's "nuclear terrorism" with French President Emmanuel Macron Zelensky says he thanked Macron for "tangible defense aid" and repeated his call to increase sanctions on Russia The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Skip X postAllow X content This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’ The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.End of X postShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingMissile strike hits northern Ukrainian regionpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 16 August 202214:35 BST 16 August 2022Russia has launched a missile attack on the Zhytomyr District in northern Ukraine the head of the regional military administration says Two explosions have been confirmed in the territory of Zhytomyr District as a result of the missile strike." He later adds, external that the missiles were fired from Belarus and that there were no casualties as a result of the incident which follows Russian troops' movement in Belarus noted that the launch could be part of an exercise which Belarusian and Russian troops are holding in the area Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingWhat's been happening today?published at 14:14 British Summer Time 16 August 202214:14 BST 16 August 2022Let's take a look at the latest from Ukraine "How many units of saboteurs do the Ukrainians have So if I was a Russian soldier or a Russian senior officer on Crimea right now I’d be very worried." Today’s explosions follow a string of blasts last week that destroyed Russian warplanes at a Black Sea base on the Crimean coast "What’s clear now is the Ukrainians feel emboldened but neither side has the power to overwhelm the other so we might be in for a very long stalemate" "We are in an emergency situation regime," the Russian news agency quoted regional head Sergei Aksyonov as saying Interfax says the move "expands the boundaries of the emergency situation regime" following its introduction in the west of the peninsula after an explosion at an air base there earlier in August BBC Monitoring points out that, under Russian regulations, an "emergency situation" is different from , externala state of emergency which can only be introduced by the president and can entail severe restrictions on people's freedoms and rights Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingExplosions heard near Russian base in Crimea - reportspublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 16 August 202212:34 BST 16 August 2022Explosions have been heard near a Russian base in Simferopol in south-central Crimea according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant It quotes locals saying black smoke could be seen rising from the base Security forces are thought to be investigating a potential drone attack on a munitions depot Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingCrimea railways disrupted after explosionpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 16 August 202212:09 BST 16 August 2022Image source Workers repair a railway near Azovskoye settlement in the Dzhankoy district Railway traffic in Russian-annexed Crimea was disrupted following explosions at a military base The agency reports that seven passenger trains had been delayed and rail traffic on part of the line in northern Crimea had been suspended which was damaged by explosions in the Dzhankoy district On Telegram, external Aksyonov says rail traffic will resume after the works are completed Update: A spokesman for Russia's Black Sea Fleet was cited as saying Thursday that the new S-400 system had been deployed in Dzhankoi in northern Crimea Russia’s Defense Ministry has said it will deploy new S-400 surface-to-air missile systems on the Crimean peninsula as tensions flared in the region this week following Moscow's claims that three Ukrainian vessels had violated its territorial waters Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and has bolstered the Black Sea peninsula’s military defenses with three S-400 systems since 2017 The S-400 is capable of targeting up to 36 aircraft at a range of 400 kilometers and has anti-ballistic missile capabilities Russia’s Southern Military District spokesman Vadim Astafyev told Interfax on Wednesday that a fourth S-400 battalion would soon be deployed in Crimea The state-run RIA news agency said the new S-400 systems would be operational by the end of the year News of the deployment comes after Ukraine introduced martial law for 30 days in parts of the country following Russia's seizure of three Ukrainian navy vessels off the coast of Crimea on Sunday Aric Toler was a researcher and trainer at Bellingcat from 2015 to 2023 and the organisation's first Director of Training & Research He is currently a reporter at the New York Times A three videos that emerged on February 13 show the north-bound convoy appeared on February 13, 2015. The first video shows a driver headed north along the M18/E105 highway passing a long column of BTR vehicles before reaching a point in which the separate lanes of the highway merge two key points–the merging of the separate lanes into one and a distinct tower to the right of the driver–are both present at 45.190737 A separate video showing the same scene was also posted today in which a driver traveling south (the opposite direction of the video above) captures the same scene along with a truck that is visible at the very end of the first video: In the Dzhankoi video the perspective is from a large apartment building looking down on a street in Dzhankoi Highway M18/E105 turns into Radyans’ka Street which is where the BTR column is located on the video The video is shot from an apartment building located at 45.700278 which can be clearly identified when comparing a scene from the video with a photo on Panoramio showing the gas station to the south of the apartment building: When taking these three videos into account At 0:45 seconds in the first highway video we see the kilometer marker “632,” and at the end of the video where the lanes merge We can thus assume that the video shows 4-5km of highway giving us a better starting point for the route The origin point of the convoy was likely Simferopol or the convoy moved through the city before heading north on M18/E105 if the upcoming ceasefire does not hold and the situation seriously deteriorates Update: Information added in the first and final paragraphs regarding the Black Sea military exercises This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.