Crimea

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

Sevastopol's Russian-installed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on Telegram the museum's roof was hit. He did not provide details about the damage or whether there were any casualties.

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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.
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

Technology isn't the cure for crime. We must move beyond surveillance and restore sovereignty through physical presence and emergency powers.

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Service members take part in what Russian Defence Ministry says is the deployment of the Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system in Belarus, at an unidetified location in this still image from video released December 30, 2025.

Global Monopoly game: How a small state like Israel survives in ruthless geopolitics - opinion

When global politics is like playing Monopoly, empathy erodes, it's about survival by crushing the weak.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev and foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov attend a meeting with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025; illustrative.

Kremlin welcomes end to ‘direct threat’ label in US strategy, TASS reports

The Kremlin praised the revised US national security strategy for dropping language labeling Russia a direct threat and urging limited cooperation on strategic stability.

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Russia destroys 20 Ukrainian drones over Crimea

Russia's Defense Ministry said that Ukraine had tried unsuccessfully to strike the Crimea Bridge with S-200 rockets, but that no damage or casualties had been caused.

AUGUST 12, 2023ByREUTERS
Rescuers work at a site of a building damaged during a Russian suicide drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 28, 2023.

Ukraine strikes Russian-controlled Chonhar bridge to Crimea

The strike on the bridge, one of three road links between Crimea and mainland Ukraine, allegedly involved an Anglo-French Storm Shadow missile.

AUGUST 6, 2023ByREUTERS
A view across the Kerch Strait shows a fuel depot on fire near the Crimean bridge in the village of Volna in Russia's Krasnodar region as seen from a coastline in Crimea, May 3, 2023.

Russia says it will punish Ukraine for attack on its tanker

A Ukrainian sea drone full of explosives struck a Russian fuel tanker overnight near a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea, the second such attack in 24 hours, both sides said on Saturday.

AUGUST 5, 2023ByREUTERS
A Russian Navy amphibious landing ship that was deployed to transport cars across the Kerch Strait, moves near the Crimean Bridge, a section of which was damaged by an alleged overnight attack, as seen from the city of Kerch, Crimea, July 17, 2023.

Russia's US-sanctioned SIG tanker hit in drone attack near Crimea Bridge

Russian media said the tanker, approaching the Kerch Strait that links the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, was hit by Ukrainian drones.

AUGUST 5, 2023ByREUTERS
A general view shows a road-and-rail bridge, built to connnect the Russian mainland with the Crimean peninsula, at sunrise in the Kerch Strait, Crimea November 26, 2018.

Ukraine's SBU claims responsibility for last year's Crimea bridge blast

The bridge was hit by a fresh attack this month, but Malyuk made no mention of who was behind that one.

JULY 26, 2023ByREUTERS
A satellite image shows a rotated and close up view of the damaged span of the Crimea bridge in Kerch Strait, July 17,2023.

Alleged Ukrainian drone strike hits buildings in Moscow - Russia

Drones hit two non-residential buildings in Moscow at around 4 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Monday, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his Telegram messaging app.

JULY 24, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A police officer carries debris to the members of the security services as they investigate a bridge near the site of a damaged building following a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, July 24, 2023.

Drone attack on ammunition depot in Crimea prompts evacuation, bridge closure

Russian news agencies quoted the Health Ministry as saying 12 people required medical assistance and four were taken to hospital.

JULY 23, 2023ByREUTERS
A view through a train window shows the section of a road split and sloping to one side following an alleged attack on the Crimea Bridge, that connects the Russian mainland with the Crimean peninsula across the Kerch Strait, in this still image from video taken July 17, 2023.

Fire at Russian base in Crimea forces evacuation of more than 2,000 people

Russia's Telegram channels linked to Russian security services and Ukrainian media reported that an ammunition depot was on fire at the base after Ukrainian overnight air attack.

JULY 19, 2023ByREUTERS
Smoke and flames rise from an explosion during a fire at a military training ground in the Kirovske district, Crimea, July 19, 2023.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey seek deal to return Ukrainian children from Russia - FT

Officials in Kyiv and Moscow were, as part of the mediation process, compiling lists of children moved to Russia since its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

JULY 18, 2023ByREUTERS
Children taken to Russia wait for departure to Kyiv after returning via the Ukraine-Belarus border in Volyn region

Russia hits Ukrainian port cities in 'revenge' strike for Crimean bridge attack

Russia's defense ministry said it had struck Odesa, where the Ukrainian navy has its headquarters, and Mykolaiv, near Ukraine's Black Sea coast.

JULY 18, 2023ByREUTERS
A view shows a building damaged during a Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine July 18, 2023