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MOSCOW, Nov 27, 2023 (AFP) – Almost two million people in Russia and occupied Ukraine were left without power on Monday, after hurricane force winds and heavy rains cut electricity lines and caused widespread flooding. Huge waves crashed over beachside areas of Russia’s Black Sea coast, video from social media showed, as wind speeds reached over 140 kilometres (about 90 miles) per hour in some places. At least four people were killed during the […]
MOSCOW, Nov 27, 2023 (AFP) – Over 400,000 people in Crimea were left without power on Monday, after hurricane force winds and heavy rains battered the Russian-annexed peninsula over the weekend. One local official said a man on the peninsula’s southern coast was killed, according to early reports, while wind speeds of over 140 kilometres per hour (about 90 mph) were recorded in some places. “The man went out to look at the waves and, […]
MOSCOW, Nov 24, 2023 (AFP) – Russia said Friday it had destroyed 16 Ukrainian drones in the south of the country and over the annexed Crimean peninsula. On Thursday night, “an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aerial drones against sites on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted,” Russia’s defence ministry said. “Air defence systems destroyed 16 drones, including 13 over the Crimean peninsula and three over […]
MOSCOW, Sept 22, 2023 (AFP) – A Ukrainian missile attack Friday struck the headquarters of Moscow’s Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea, killing at least one and sparking a fire in Kyiv’s latest assault by on the peninsula. Ukraine has targeted Crimea throughout Russia’s offensive but attacks on military installations there have recently intensified as Kyiv vows to recapture the peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014. “The headquarters of the fleet have been hit in […]
MOSCOW, Aug 25, 2023 (AFP) – Moscow said on Friday its forces had thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to attack Russia-annexed Crimea with 42 drones overnight. “Nine UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were destroyed… over the territory of the Republic of Crimea. 33 UAVs were suppressed by electronic warfare and crashed without reaching the target,” Russia’s defence ministry wrote on Telegram. The ministry did not say whether there had been any damage or casualties. Crimea, annexed by […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian forces have downed 28 Ukrainian drones over Crimea overnight, Moscow’s defense ministry and a local official said on Tuesday. Seventeen drones sent by Ukraine’s forces overnight were “destroyed” and another 11 were “suppressed” by electronic means, Russia’s defense ministry said in a statement. It said there were no casualties or damage. Crimea’s Russian-installed governor Sergei Aksyonov said on Telegram that 28 drones had been downed or destroyed during the night. […]
MOSCOW, July 17, 2023 (AFP) – The deal allowing Ukraine to safely export grain to global markets via the Black Sea expired at midnight in Istanbul (2100 GMT) after Russia refused an extension. The deadline was set when the arrangement, brokered by the UN and Turkey in July 2022 to avoid food shortages in vulnerable countries, was last extended for two months in May. The Kremlin on Monday said it was exiting the deal, having […]
MOSCOW, July 17, 2023 (AFP) – 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. “Another terrorist attack was committed on the bridge last night,” Putin said in televised remarks. “Of course, there will be a response from Russia. The defence ministry is preparing relevant proposals,” he added. “From a military point of view, this is […]
By Andrey BORODULIN Agence France-Presse SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine, June 23, 2023 (AFP) – Selling lavender at a train station in Ukraine’s Russian-annexed Crimea, Tatyana Bocharnikova said she was unfazed by the fighting or potential water supply cuts after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. “The wells are full of water, the river is too and the reservoirs are full,” the 64-year-old said in the peninsula’s regional capital, Simferopol. The Kakhovka dam creates a reservoir which feeds […]
MOSCOW, June 22, 2023 (AFP) — 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. “During the night a strike hit the Chongar bridge. There are no victims,” Sergei Aksyonov, the Russia-installed governor of Crimea, said on Telegram. The bridge connects Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, to the Ukrainian region of Kherson. The Russia-installed […]
Moscow, Russia | AFP | Monday 4/24/2023 Russian authorities said Monday they had “repelled” a drone attack on the port of Sevastopol in Moscow-annexed Crimea, adding that there was no damage nor casualties. The peninsula, seized by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, is home to Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet and has been hit by a series of drone attacks since the Kremlin’s special military operation in Ukraine in February last year. “An attempted attack on […]
Moscow, Russia (AFP) The Kremlin said Thursday that the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula was vulnerable to Ukrainian attacks after officials said they had shot down a drone near a key naval base. The latest drone attack comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin recently visited the only bridge connecting Crimea with the Russian mainland to survey work to repair the key artery damaged in a blast Moscow blamed on Kiyv. “There are certainly risks because the Ukrainian […]
