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Drones target Crimea after Putin vows to avenge bridge blast

Ukraine and Russia accused each other of overnight drone attacks hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed revenge for a strike that damaged his flagship bridge to Crimea.

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Ukraine war: Crimean bridge attack is another blow to Putin's strongman image

The bridge connecting mainland Russia across the Kerch strait with the illegally annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea was seriously damaged on July 17 2023, in what appears to be a successful strike by naval drones.

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Washington determined to support Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’, says top US general – as it happened

Gen Mark Milley and US Defence Secretary reassert backing for Ukraine and say its forces are making progress against Russia

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Top US general says Ukraine’s counteroffensive is 'far from a failure'

Ukraine’s counteroffensive is "far from a failure" but the fight ahead will be "long" and "bloody", the top US General Mark Milley said on Tuesday. Milley's comments came after Russia attacked the Ukrainian port cities of Odesa and Mykolaiv in a “mass revenge strike” for an attack on the Crimean…

France 24

Crimea bridge attack: Everything to know about the Kerch bridge as critical Russian supply line attacked

Europe’s longest bridge connects the Russian city of Krasnodar in the east to Kerch in Russia-annexed Crimea

The Independent UK

Ukraine war live: Putin’s forces pushed back in south as Russia launches Odesa strikes

Zelensky’s troops continue offensive operations to the south and north of Bakhmut

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Key Russian bridge to Crimea is struck again as Putin vows response to attack that killed 2

The strike was carried out by two Ukrainian maritime drones, Russian authorities said. Ukraine was coy about taking responsibility, saying it would reveal details on how the action was carried out after Kyiv won the war.

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Putin vows response against Ukraine over Crimea bridge blasts

President Vladimir Putin threatened to strike at Ukraine in retaliation for explosions that damaged Russia’s flagship bridge to Crimea.

Tribune News Service

Ukraine FA urges Fifa and Uefa to exclude Russia over Crimean clubs

Rubin Yalta and FC Sevastopol have joined the Russian league pyramid, with the move described as ‘a gross violation of Fifa and Uefa statutes’

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Russia says Ukrainian drone attacks damaged bridge to Crimea

Russia said two Ukrainian drones caused explosions that damaged its flagship bridge to Crimea, killing two people and causing the suspension of road and rail traffic.

Tribune News Service

Russia stops crucial Ukraine grain export deal hours after attack on Crimea bridge

Countries call on Moscow to stop using food ‘as a weapon’ as the Kremlin decries a drone assault on the jewel in the crown of Putin’s infrastructure projects

The Independent UK

Russia closes Crimea bridge after official declares ‘emergency’

Russia said two Ukrainian drones caused explosions that damaged its flagship bridge to Crimea, killing two people and causing the suspension of road and rail traffic.

Tribune News Service

Crimea bridge attack: What happened, why is the bridge important?

The bridge suffered damage after one of its sections was blown up, killing two people and wounding a child.

Al Jazeera

The bridge that links Russia to Crimea is key to supplying the Ukraine war and for asserting control

The bridge connecting Russia-annexed Crimea to Russia carries heavy significance for Moscow both logistically and psychologically, as a key artery for Russian military and civilian supplies bound for Crimea and as an assertion of Russia’s control of the peninsula

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Why is the Kerch Bridge attack significant to the war in Ukraine?

Bridge is only direct link to mainland Russia from Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Two dead after explosions on Kerch Bridge linking Crimea and Russia

Road and rail link is only direct overland link between Russia and occupied Crimea. Plus, how we got addicted to weather apps

The Independent UK

Everything to know about the Crimean bridge as critical Russian supply line attacked

Europe’s longest bridge connects the Russian city of Krasnodar in the east to Kerch in Russia-annexed Crimea

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Explosions disrupt traffic on a key bridge from Crimea to Russia's mainland

Traffic on a key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia's mainland was disrupted Monday after one of its sections was blown up in what Russian officials said was a Ukrainian attack that killed two.

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Underwater ‘drones blew up key bridge’ linking Russia to Crimea killing two people

Unconfirmed reports claim bridge was attacked using ‘underwater drones’

The Guardian - UK

Two dead after explosions on Kerch Bridge linking Crimea and Russia

Only direct overland link damaged as Russia says it will pull out of UN-brokered grain deal

France 24

Russia pulls out of Black Sea grain deal; key Crimea bridge targeted for second time

Russia on Monday halted a breakthrough wartime deal on Monday that allowed grain to flow from Ukrainian ports to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, where hunger is a growing threat. Western leaders and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres quickly denounced the move. Overnight from Sunday to Monday,…

The Independent UK

Traffic on key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia's mainland halted amid reports of explosions

Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland has been halted amid reports of explosions

Al Jazeera

Two killed, child wounded in ’emergency’ on Russian Crimea bridge

Officials say traffic on bridge linking annexed-Crimea to the Russian mainland has been halted due to an ’emergency’.

The Guardian - UK

The underground Crimean Tatar group taking up arms against Russia

The Atesh guerrilla group is active behind Russian lines, and leaders of the Indigenous movement say they are ready if they can get the weapons

The Guardian - AU

Putin says Russia preparing response to Crimea bridge attack; US condemns Moscow grain deal exit – as it happened

Russian president calls attack ‘cruel and senseless’ after Kerch Bridge hit by latest strike; Antony Blinken says Russia exit from deal ‘unconscionable’

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