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Ukrainian attacks leave Russian oil infrastructure ablaze, Crimea halts fuel sales

Videos from social media show fiery explosions at a port in the Kerch Strait late at night, with thick smoke surrounding what appear to be oil tanks. 

Emergency services work on a damaged building, after Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram that Russian forces struck the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with glide bombs on Saturday, in this handout image, with the location given as Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine.
A Russian police officer stands guard at the scene following an overnight explosion at a multi-storey residential building in Sevastopol, Crimea, March 24, 2026.

Russian-held Crimea curbs the use of motorcycles, saying they sound like drones

A Ukrainian serviceman from the special police unit Hyzhak prepares a Gara, a Ukrainian multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with artificial intelligence elements, before flying it over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline in Donetsk.

Drones hit historic museum in Crimea as officials reduce nighttime trains for safety

 The Israeli police pointing towards the inside of a car.

Israel Police chief is right about the crime crisis, wrong to wait for software to fix it - opinion


Ukraine: 31 years of independence, 6 months of war

Wednesday, August 24 marked both the 31st anniversary of Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union and six months since Russia's invasion. Here is where things stand.

 A man stands next to Ukrainian flags with names of service members, who are in Russian captivity, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, at the Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine August 24, 2022.

Kyiv vows to restore Ukrainian rule in Russia-annexed Crimea

Russia shows no sign of abandoning Crimea, home to its Black Sea fleet, and has used the peninsula as a platform to launch missile strikes on Ukrainian targets.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint news briefing with Poland's President Andrzej Duda, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 23, 2022.

Ukraine's President Zelensky warns of 'ugly' Russian attack

Zelensky said Ukrainians must not allow Moscow to "spread despondency and fear" among them as they mark the 31st anniversary of independence from Soviet rule.

Ukrainian service members observe an area at a position near a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, August 18, 2022.

Russia says it has 'neutralized' Islamist cell in Crimea

Sergei Aksyonov, an official in Russia's FSB security servcice, said the suspects were members of the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Russia.

A view shows smoke rising above the area following an alleged explosion in the village of Mayskoye in the Dzhankoi district, Crimea, August 16, 2022.

Loud explosions heard near Russian military airbase in Crimea

At least 12 explosions were heard from the direction of a Russian military air base in Crimea. Russian Defense Ministry reports of no casualties.

First parts of a Russian S-400 missile defense system are unloaded from a Russian plane at Murted Airport, known as Akinci Air Base, near Ankara, Turkey, July 12, 2019.

Ukraine drone strike hits Russia Black Sea fleet HQ 'spoiling Navy Day'

The accusation comes hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to oversee Navy Day celebrations in his hometown of St Petersburg.

 Russian warships leave a port during naval drills, which are staged by the Baltic Fleet forces of the Russian Navy, part of the military exercises Zapad-2021 opened by Russia and Belarus, in the Baltic Sea town of Baltiysk in Kaliningrad Region, Russia September 9, 2021

Two Israel Police officers injured in stabbing attack in Arab city

The man reportedly stabbed his partner before attacking police officers responding to reports of the crime.

  Israel Police officers at the scene of a stabbing in Baka al-Gharbiya

Putin removes Russian internet sensation from post, appoints to new job

Natalia Poklonskaya is departing her job at Rossotrudnichestvo to become Advisor to Russian Prosecutor General.

 Natalia Poklonskaya

Neither ‘Ukrainian’ nor ‘German' - just trying to help

Now, as a mother of two with a full-time job, I spend most of my spare time trying to help the country my family left when I was 12.

Ukrainian and German flag heart illustration.

Russia persecuting Ukrainian civil journalists in Crimea, official says

16 Ukrainian civilians who took up citizen journalism were jailed by Russia in order to "clean up the information field."

A photojournalist in a press vest [Illustrative]