TRADING STRIKES:
Talks to end the war have stalled, with Russian shelling on Wednesday killing at least three in Ukraine, and Kyiv’s oil terminal attack killing one on the same day
Ukrainian attacks killed four people in the Russia-annexed Crimea peninsula, Kremlin-installed officials in the region said yesterday, one day after Moscow and Kyiv traded strikes on each other’s cities.Ukrainian forces had hit a non-residential part of Simferopol, the peninsula’s main administrative town, killing three people and injuring seven, Russia-appointed Crimea head Sergei Aksyonov said.One person had also been killed and three wounded when a Ukrainian drone struck a commuter train in eastern Crimea, he added.
Video screengrab shows military vehicles crossing into Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast from Crimea through the Kalanchak border control point, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine. Screenshot taken from a file video uploaded Feburary 24, 2022 by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
In the Port of Sevastopol, the local Russia-installed governor said air defense units had intercepted more than 20 Ukrainian drones.He made no mention of casualties, but said drone debris had damaged some buildings.
