The Latest Breaking News from Crimea

At a meeting of European defence ministers, Ben Wallace says Russia ‘unlikely to ever succeed in occupying Ukraine’

Ukraine says Russia using Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as a shield for its artillery; up to a dozen Russian aircraft destroyed at Saky airbase in Crimea

There is speculation the fireballs – which killed one person and wounded several more – were the result of a Ukrainian attack.

Ukrainian president’s statement came after string of explosions rocked Crimea’s western coast on Tuesday

In a video believed to be from a Russian airfield, the footage shows the aftermath of 15 explosions that hit the Novofedorivka site, which wrecked cars, killed one and injured nine

Moscow struggling to recruit enough soldiers, says British Ministry of Defence

Ukraine’s air force says that nine Russian warplanes were destroyed in massive explosions at an air base in Crimea amid speculation they were the result of a Ukrainian attack

Ukraine stops short of publicly claiming responsibility for the explosions at a Russian air base, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vows to retake the Crimean Peninsula.

Volodymyr Zelensky spoke out hours after blasts rocked a Russian air base near seaside resorts in the annexed peninsula

British officials say there are ‘limited levels of enthusiasm’ among would-be recruits

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Thursday to address the crisis at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex, the power plant that Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of having bombed, diplomatic sources said. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog. All times are Paris…