The Latest Breaking News from Crimea

The Ukrainian president says Russia wants the focus on Ukraine to be ‘weakened’ by attention on the Middle East

The Russian military says a Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in annexed Crimea had damaged a Russian ship

Ukraine president says it would take 24 minutes to explain to former US president that he cannot manage the war

There were three ‘explosive objects’ dropped on the shipping lanes in the last day, Ukrainian officials said

The attack used ‘combined’ weapons like ATACMS, storm shadow missiles and sea drones, Russian sources say

Pro-Russian former politician fighting for life in intensive care, official says

There was some worrying news for Volodymyr Zelensky this week when the US House of Representatives finally elected a new speaker. Mike Johnson, a Republican congressman from Louisiana, has consistently opposed US funding for the Ukrainian war effort. Now he’s the second most powerful man in US politics behind the…

With Russia on the offensive around Avdiivka in the east of Ukraine, most commentators’ attention is once again focused on the battlefield on land. But it’s also crucial to keep a close watch on what is happening in the Black Sea.

‘We have not yet gained full fire control over Crimea and surrounding waters, but we will’

Defence minister’s comments come after earlier announcement of plans to withdraw from global treaty banning nuclear weapons tests

The longer-range weapon is harder to detect than the Iranian-made Shahed drone and may be used over winter