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India.com
15 hours ago
- Politics
- India.com
Ukraines SBU Strikes Kerch Bridge With 1,100kg Underwater Explosives In 2025 Attack
In a strategic hit to Russian supply lines, Ukraine attacked the Kerch Bridge—connecting the Russian mainland with occupied Crimea—for the third time, employing 1,100 kilograms of underwater explosives, in a report provided by Euronews. The Kerch Bridge, built by Moscow after its 2014 annexation of Crimea, serves as a crucial military supply route for Russian troops fighting in southern Ukraine. The assault, launched in the early hours of Tuesday, represents a fresh Ukrainian bid to interfere with key infrastructure within Russian-held territory. Attack Planned Over Several Months The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) published video evidence of the underwater explosion. In an official statement published on Telegram, the agency said that months of preparation led up to the attack, including the time when underwater pillars of the bridge were mined by SBU operatives. The explosives—amounting to more than a ton of TNT—were ignited at 4:44 a.m. local time. The explosion resulted in no civilian deaths, the agency confirmed. "Third Time's a Charm," Declares SBU Chief SBU Chief Vasyl Maliuk, who oversaw the operation, termed it successful and reaffirmed Ukraine's position on Crimea. "Crimea is Ukraine, and any acts of occupation will be dealt with harshly," he stated. "Third time's a charm. The SBU always finishes its plans and never repeats itself," Maliuk added. This is the third successful attack on the bridge, which had earlier been damaged by blasts in October 2022 and July 2023. Ukraine's SBU security service behind the audacious drone attack deep inside Russia now says it has attacked the Kerch bridge in occupied Crimea in a months-long operation. It says SBU agents "mined the supports" of the bridge with 1,100kg of TNT under the water line… — Saint Javelin (@saintjavelin) June 3, 2025 Russian Response And Security Measures After the recent strike, traffic on the Kerch Bridge was halted on Tuesday morning. Russian Telegram media first reported the bridge closure due to debris from drones on the road. The Russian Defence Ministry said it had destroyed three Ukrainian drones over Crimea at night, but it did not explicitly confirm the bridge attack. The Kerch Bridge continues to be of prime importance to Russia, both logistically and symbolically—a pillar of its assertion of jurisdiction over Crimea. Even with heightened security and fortifications since previous attempts at damage, Ukraine's capacity to attack the bridge demonstrates its ongoing reach and operational capabilities well into Russian-occupied territory. Diplomacy Amid Escalation The attack occurred one day before a second round of direct negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul, CNN reported. The session was short—less than an hour—and produced little momentum. The two sides are said to have agreed on a new prisoner exchange, but talks over a possible ceasefire are stuck. Monday also witnessed Ukraine launch a surprise drone attack against Russian nuclear-capable bombers, boosting a week of growing military and diplomatic tensions. As the war drags on, Tuesday's precision strike marks Kyiv's determination to target strategic infrastructure, as well as sending a clear signal about its territorial claims over Crimea.
India Today
18 hours ago
- General
- India Today
Power restored to 700,000 residents in Russian-held Ukraine after Ukrainian strikes
MOSCOW, June 3 (Reuters) - Emergency crews restored power on Tuesday to at least 700,000 residents across a swathe of southern Ukraine controlled by Russian forces, officials said, a day after Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks knocked out electricity was no immediate comment from Ukraine, but the attacks, which targeted the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, appeared to be the largest of their kind on Russian-held territory since the war began in February to the coordinated work of power engineers, the power supply to all customers has now been fully restored," Russia's Energy Ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. Crews from other regions helped complete lays claim to Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, and already controls most of both regions. It is trying to capture the rest as part of what it casts as its push to ensure its own security and secure the future of ethnic Russians and Russian rejects Russia's portrayal of the conflict, calling it a colonial-style land grab by Moscow and vowing to retake the lost territory through a mixture of force and drone attacks came hours after Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey for peace talks where Moscow said it would only agree to end the war if Kyiv cedes big new chunks of territory and accepts limits on the size of its officials said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Europe's largest nuclear facility seized by Russia in 2022 - was under control but officials running the plant said radiation levels were normal at the facility, which operates in shutdown mode and produces no power at the OUTAGEYevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-installed governor of Zaporizhzhia, said on Monday that more than 600,000 people in nearly 500 settlements across the region lost electricity after Ukrainian shelling damaged high-voltage the Kherson region further west, Russia-appointed Governor Vladimir Saldo said debris from fallen drones had damaged two electricity substations, knocking out power to more than 100,000 residents of 150 towns and emergency services officials in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy said on Tuesday that a Russian attack had killed three people and injured 28, including three children."The Russians launched a savage strike on Sumy – directly targeting the city and its ordinary streets with rocket artillery," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on social attack damaged an apartment building, three private residences, a warehouse and a hospital building, according to a statement from the emergency was no immediate comment from Russia on these Ukrainian Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians in their attacks. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them many long months during the winter, Ukrainian towns and villages endured repeated electricity cuts as Russian forces focused strikes on generating side has accused the other of launching attacks on the Zaporizhzhia plant and running the risk of a nuclear U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said last week in response to a Ukrainian complaint that it saw no sign of Russia preparing to restart the Zaporizhzhia plant and connect it to the Russian Director General Rafael Grossi told Reuters on Tuesday that conditions for restarting the plant were not present due to a lack of water for cooling and the absence of a stable power IAEA has stationed monitors permanently at Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine's other nuclear power stations.
Business Recorder
19 hours ago
- Business
- Business Recorder
Chicago wheat turns higher
PARIS/SINGAPORE: Chicago wheat rose on Tuesday to reverse an earlier fall as news of further Ukrainian strikes against Russian targets kept attention on war escalation and offset supply pressure from better-than-expected US crop ratings. Corn and soybeans rebounded after hitting six-month and seven-week lows, respectively, that were also linked to good crop conditions. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) ended the overnight trading session up 0.9% at $5.43-3/4 a bushel. The contract had risen sharply during Monday's session as a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia shifted attention back on the war between the two grain exporters. Prices pared their gains by Monday's close and then fell earlier on Tuesday as immediate fears of war escalation subsided and higher than anticipated scores for wheat conditions in a weekly US Department of Agriculture crop progress report. However, news that Ukraine had hit the road and rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula, as well as also knocking out power in parts of other Russian-held territory in southern Ukraine, later revived concerns about a hardening conflict between the two grain exporting countries. 'It looks like the Ukrainians are pursuing their attacks,' a European trader said. Favourable Northern Hemisphere supply prospects, slow international demand and a bounce in the dollar index, which makes US grain dearer overseas, nonetheless kept a lid on wheat prices, traders said. CBOT corn added 0.9% to $4.42 a bushel, after reaching its lowest since early December at $4.34-1/4 earlier in the session. Soybeans rose 0.6% to $10.39-3/4 a bushel to hold above Monday's seven-week low of $10.32-1/2. The USDA rated 67% of US soybeans in good to excellent condition in its initial ratings of the 2025 soy crop, while for corn, the agency's rating improved to 69% good-to-excellent.
Japan Today
20 hours ago
- General
- Japan Today
Power restored to 700,000 residents in Russian-held Ukraine after Ukrainian strikes
Emergency crews restored power on Tuesday to at least 700,000 residents across a swathe of southern Ukraine controlled by Russian forces, officials said, a day after Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks knocked out electricity substations. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine, but the attacks, which targeted the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, appeared to be the largest of their kind on Russian-held territory since the war began in February 2022. "Thanks to the coordinated work of power engineers, the power supply to all customers has now been fully restored," Russia's Energy Ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. Crews from other regions helped complete repairs. Russia lays claim to Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, and already controls most of both regions. It is trying to capture the rest as part of what it casts as its push to ensure its own security and secure the future of ethnic Russians and Russian speakers. Ukraine rejects Russia's portrayal of the conflict, calling it a colonial-style land grab by Moscow and vowing to retake the lost territory through a mixture of force and diplomacy. The drone attacks came hours after Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey for peace talks where Moscow said it would only agree to end the war if Kyiv cedes big new chunks of territory and accepts limits on the size of its army. Russian-backed officials said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Europe's largest nuclear facility seized by Russia in 2022 - was under control but difficult. Russian officials running the plant said radiation levels were normal at the facility, which operates in shutdown mode and produces no power at the moment. WIDESPREAD OUTAGE Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-installed governor of Zaporizhzhia, said on Monday that more than 600,000 people in nearly 500 settlements across the region lost electricity after Ukrainian shelling damaged high-voltage infrastructure. In the Kherson region further west, Russia-appointed Governor Vladimir Saldo said debris from fallen drones had damaged two electricity substations, knocking out power to more than 100,000 residents of 150 towns and villages. Separately, emergency services officials in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy said on Tuesday that a Russian attack had killed three people and injured 28, including three children. "The Russians launched a savage strike on Sumy – directly targeting the city and its ordinary streets with rocket artillery," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on social media. The attack damaged an apartment building, three private residences, a warehouse and a hospital building, according to a statement from the emergency services. There was no immediate comment from Russia on these Ukrainian reports. Both Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians in their attacks. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainian. For many long months during the winter, Ukrainian towns and villages endured repeated electricity cuts as Russian forces focused strikes on generating capacity. Each side has accused the other of launching attacks on the Zaporizhzhia plant and running the risk of a nuclear accident. The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said last week in response to a Ukrainian complaint that it saw no sign of Russia preparing to restart the Zaporizhzhia plant and connect it to the Russian grid. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told Reuters on Tuesday that conditions for restarting the plant were not present due to a lack of water for cooling and the absence of a stable power supply. The IAEA has stationed monitors permanently at Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine's other nuclear power stations. © Thomson Reuters 2025.
Straits Times
a day ago
- General
- Straits Times
Power restored to 700,000 residents in Russian-held Ukraine after Ukrainian strikes
FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from the bank of Kakhovka Reservoir near the town of Nikopol amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo MOSCOW - Emergency crews restored power on Tuesday to at least 700,000 residents across a swathe of southern Ukraine controlled by Russian forces, officials said, a day after Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks knocked out electricity substations. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine, but the attacks, which targeted the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, appeared to be the largest of their kind on Russian-held territory since the war began in February 2022. "Thanks to the coordinated work of power engineers, the power supply to all customers has now been fully restored," Russia's Energy Ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. Crews from other regions helped complete repairs. Russia lays claim to Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, and already controls most of both regions. It is trying to capture the rest as part of what it casts as its push to ensure its own security and secure the future of ethnic Russians and Russian speakers. Ukraine rejects Russia's portrayal of the conflict, calling it a colonial-style land grab by Moscow and vowing to retake the lost territory through a mixture of force and diplomacy. The drone attacks came hours after Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey for peace talks where Moscow said it would only agree to end the war if Kyiv cedes big new chunks of territory and accepts limits on the size of its army. Russian-backed officials said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Europe's largest nuclear facility seized by Russia in 2022 - was under control but difficult. Russian officials running the plant said radiation levels were normal at the facility, which operates in shutdown mode and produces no power at the moment. WIDESPREAD OUTAGE Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-installed governor of Zaporizhzhia, said on Monday that more than 600,000 people in nearly 500 settlements across the region lost electricity after Ukrainian shelling damaged high-voltage infrastructure. In the Kherson region further west, Russia-appointed Governor Vladimir Saldo said debris from fallen drones had damaged two electricity substations, knocking out power to more than 100,000 residents of 150 towns and villages. Separately, emergency services officials in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy said on Tuesday that a Russian attack had killed three people and injured 28, including three children. "The Russians launched a savage strike on Sumy – directly targeting the city and its ordinary streets with rocket artillery," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on social media. The attack damaged an apartment building, three private residences, a warehouse and a hospital building, according to a statement from the emergency services. There was no immediate comment from Russia on these Ukrainian reports. Both Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians in their attacks. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainian. For many long months during the winter, Ukrainian towns and villages endured repeated electricity cuts as Russian forces focused strikes on generating capacity. Each side has accused the other of launching attacks on the Zaporizhzhia plant and running the risk of a nuclear accident. The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said last week in response to a Ukrainian complaint that it saw no sign of Russia preparing to restart the Zaporizhzhia plant and connect it to the Russian grid. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told Reuters on Tuesday that conditions for restarting the plant were not present due to a lack of water for cooling and the absence of a stable power supply. The IAEA has stationed monitors permanently at Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine's other nuclear power stations. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
