The Latest Breaking News from Crimea

Ukraine strikes FSB base in Skadovsk, Kherson region, say reports; private abortion clinics shut down in illegally occupied Crimea

Russian-installed health officials in Crimea say private clinics on the Moscow-annexed peninsula have “voluntarily” stopped providing abortions, which means that the procedure is now only available there in state-run medical facilities

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…