Crimea Bridge

A drone attack on an ammunition depot in Crimea prompted authorities to evacuate a 5-km (3-mile) radius and briefly suspend road traffic on the bridge linking the peninsula to Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that the bridge linking the Crimea peninsula to Russia "brings war not peace" and was therefore a military target.

President Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to retaliate after a Ukrainian attack on a bridge linking Moscow-annexed Crimea to Russia killed two civilians and left their child wounded.

Traffic on the road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula was stopped early on Monday due to an "emergency situation," the Russian-backed head of Crimea's administration, Sergei Aksyonov said.

The parents of a girl were killed and their daughter was injured in a passenger car on the Crimea Bridge early today, Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region in southern Russia said.

The Ukrainian navy and SBU security service carried out an overnight attack on the Russian-built bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia, a Ukrainian source told AFP Monday.

Traffic along a Russian-built bridge linking Crimea to Russia's Krasnodar region has been halted following an "emergency", officials and state media said on Monday.

A strike has damaged a bridge linking the annexed Crimean peninsula to a region of southern Ukraine partially occupied by Russia, a Russian official said on Thursday. There are no victims recorded.

President Vladimir Putin on Monday visited a bridge that links Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland weeks after the vital link was hit by a blast, images on state television showed.

The Russian government on Friday ordered repairs on the Crimea bridge to be completed by July 2023 after Moscow's only bridge connecting the Russian mainland to the annexed peninsula was damaged by an explosion.

On Saturday, a blast has ripped through the road and rail bridge connecting Crimea to Russia, killing three people, causing damage and igniting a massive fire.

Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations denounced Russia as a "terrorist state" Monday during an urgent General Assembly meeting to discuss Moscow's annexation of four Ukrainian regions.

Moldova said Monday that Russian cruise missiles targeting Ukraine had crossed its airspace, and summoned Moscow's envoy to demand an explanation.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Belarus and Russia will deploy a joint military task force in response to what he called an aggravation of tension on the country's western borders

Ukraine's presidency said on Monday there were strikes on "many" cities in Ukraine, a day after Moscow blamed Kyiv for an explosion on a bridge connecting Crimea to Russia.

A drone attack on an ammunition depot in Crimea prompted authorities to evacuate a 5-km (3-mile) radius and briefly suspend road traffic on the bridge linking the peninsula to Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that the bridge linking the Crimea peninsula to Russia "brings war not peace" and was therefore a military target.

President Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to retaliate after a Ukrainian attack on a bridge linking Moscow-annexed Crimea to Russia killed two civilians and left their child wounded.

Traffic on the road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula was stopped early on Monday due to an "emergency situation," the Russian-backed head of Crimea's administration, Sergei Aksyonov said.

The parents of a girl were killed and their daughter was injured in a passenger car on the Crimea Bridge early today, Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region in southern Russia said.

The Ukrainian navy and SBU security service carried out an overnight attack on the Russian-built bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia, a Ukrainian source told AFP Monday.

Traffic along a Russian-built bridge linking Crimea to Russia's Krasnodar region has been halted following an "emergency", officials and state media said on Monday.

A strike has damaged a bridge linking the annexed Crimean peninsula to a region of southern Ukraine partially occupied by Russia, a Russian official said on Thursday. There are no victims recorded.

President Vladimir Putin on Monday visited a bridge that links Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland weeks after the vital link was hit by a blast, images on state television showed.

The Russian government on Friday ordered repairs on the Crimea bridge to be completed by July 2023 after Moscow's only bridge connecting the Russian mainland to the annexed peninsula was damaged by an explosion.

On Saturday, a blast has ripped through the road and rail bridge connecting Crimea to Russia, killing three people, causing damage and igniting a massive fire.

Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations denounced Russia as a "terrorist state" Monday during an urgent General Assembly meeting to discuss Moscow's annexation of four Ukrainian regions.

Moldova said Monday that Russian cruise missiles targeting Ukraine had crossed its airspace, and summoned Moscow's envoy to demand an explanation.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Belarus and Russia will deploy a joint military task force in response to what he called an aggravation of tension on the country's western borders

Ukraine's presidency said on Monday there were strikes on "many" cities in Ukraine, a day after Moscow blamed Kyiv for an explosion on a bridge connecting Crimea to Russia.