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The Latest Breaking News from Crimea

Friday briefing: Russia’s retreat from Kherson may prove a pivotal win for Ukraine

In today’s newsletter: The decision to pull troops from the regional capital is a tactical and moral win for Ukraine – what now?

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainians celebrate soldiers retaking Kherson, Russia's latest defeat

Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the centre of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion began in February.

Reuters

Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine’s Kherson city explained in maps

Russian troops have been ordered to withdraw from the only Ukrainian regional capital seized throughout the war.

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Why Putin’s retreat from Kherson could be his most humiliating defeat yet

Life, as the saying goes, is coming at Vladimir Putin fast. Having gleefully announced the annexation of four regions of Ukraine barely more than a month ago – even as his army retreated within them – the Kremlin now says it’s withdrawing from the only regional capital city it had…

The Conversation

Explainer-Why Ukraine's southern Kherson region is a strategic prize

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered his troops to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River in the face of Ukrainian attacks near the southern city of Kherson, in a potential turning point in the war.

Reuters

Crimea bridge repairs ‘will disrupt Russian supplies until September 2023’

Repair work is expected to disrupt traffic until March next year

Evening Standard

Why the battle for Kherson is so significant to a desperate Vladimir Putin

As Ukraine gains ground and pushes Russian forces back, one city looms large as key to its victory. Kherson is the last regional capital under Russian control, losing it would be a blow to Vladimir Putin.

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Ukrainian forces brace for bloody fight for Kherson

Oleh, the commander of a Ukrainian mechanized infantry unit dug into trenches west of Kherson, is confident his Russian foes will be forced to abandon the strategic port by winter weather, logistical logjams and the threat of encirclement.

Reuters

Kyiv residents snap up new stamp celebrating Crimean bridge blast

Residents in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Friday snapped up a new postage stamp commemorating a blast that damaged a major bridge linking Russia to Crimea in a blow to the prestige of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Reuters

Ukraine issues Crimean Bridge strike stamp on Russia’s Unity Day

Postal service follows up April’s limited edition stamp celebrating attack on Russian flagship Moskva

The Guardian - UK

Russia protests to British ambassador over drone strike on Crimea

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it had delivered a protest to the British ambassador after summoning her over the alleged involvement of British specialists in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea last weekend.

Reuters

Exploding, low-tech boats churn up Russia’s Black Sea interests and standing

Small, kayak-shaped boats fitted with cameras, tracking devices and jet-ski motors were employed to attack Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the annexed Crimean port of Sevastopol over the weekend. It led to Moscow’s withdrawal from a landmark grain shipment deal, followed by a humiliating re-entry in a dramatic display of…

France 24

Russia sparks global food crisis fears, again, as war grinds on

In the 36th week of war in Ukraine, a grain export deal was threatened after an alleged attack in Crimea.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine-Russia news - live: Moscow commanders ‘fleeing Kherson, leaving troops under attack’

Western experts say Russians running short of munitions, even buying supplies from North Korea

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The Independent UK

UK ambassador heckled by crowd of anti-Britain protestors as she is summoned to Russian foreign ministry

Moscow claims Royal Navy personnel were involved in an attack on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Summons British Ambassador over Drone Strike on Crimea

Russia summoned the British ambassador on Thursday over Moscow's claim that British navy personnel were involved in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea. Ambassador Deborah Bronnert arrived at the foreign ministry shortly after 1030 local time (0730 GMT) as a small crowd chanted anti-British slogans…

Reuters

Russia summons British ambassador over drone strike on Crimea

Russia summoned the British ambassador on Thursday over Moscow's claim that British navy personnel were involved in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: lessons from the Blitz suggest Russia's targeting of cities could backfire

Russian general Sergey Surovikin has a reputation for ruthlessness. Appointed the Russian military’s overall commander on October 8, the day the strategically vital Kerch Bridge was targeted by an explosion that badly damaged Russia’s main road and rail connection with Crimea, he has ordered savage drone and missile attacks on…

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France 24

Zelensky says grain deal resumption important for 'whole world'

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday hailed "a significant diplomatic result for our country and the whole world" after Russia rejoined a deal to allow Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris local time (GMT+1).

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Putin’s blackmail on food grain deal has failed, says Zelensky

Putin plunging world’s poorest into further ‘despair’, UK to warn today

Reuters

Russia detains Ukrainian man for plot to sabotage Crimea power line, FSB says

Russian security services have detained a Ukrainian citizen on suspicion of planning to "sabotage" a power line in Crimea, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday.

Financial Times

Military briefing: Ukraine raid heralds new era of naval drone warfare

Thwarted attack on Black Sea fleet in Crimea highlights Kyiv’s ability to offset Moscow’s superior firepower

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin to Erdogan: Resumption of Grain Deal Can Be Considered after Sevastopol Attack Probe

President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Tuesday that Russia could consider resuming a deal allowing grain exports from Ukrainian seaports only after completion of an investigation of drone attacks on the Crimean naval port of Sevastopol. The export deal was agreed by…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 251 of the invasion

Putin says strikes, pulling out of grain deal are response to Crimea fleet attack

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Says Power Grid Strikes Were in Response to Crimea Drone Attack

President Vladimir Putin said Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and a decision to freeze participation in a Black Sea grain export program were responses to a drone attack on Moscow's fleet in Crimea that he blamed on Ukraine. Putin told a news conference on Monday that Ukrainian drones had used…

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