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Ukrainian drones drive Russia to declare emergency in occupied Crimea

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Weeks of punishing strikes have disrupted water, fuel and electricity supplies across the peninsula, which Ukraine’s president has vowed to reclaim. Today (June 26) at 3:22 p.m. ED Smoke rises from the Crimean Bridge this week in a satellite image. (Vantor/Reuters) By Mary Ilyushina, The Washington Post ; see also Authorities in occupied Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia annexed illegally from Ukraine in 2014, declared a state of emergency Friday following weeks of punishing Ukrainian drone strikes. The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defenses intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones overnight across 13 regions, including Crimea. The peninsula, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to reclaim, has become the centerpiece of Kyiv’s campaign to demonstrate the reach of its increasingly advancing medium-range drone capabilities. The Ukrainian military last month announced a “logistics lockdown” of Crimea, with plans to “systematically destroy Russian logistics, w...
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I Went to Trump’s Great American State Fair. It Was Bleaker Than I Expected.

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From The Washingtonian   By Kate Corliss  Across from the Ferris wheel is a scaled-down replica of Trump’s victory arch, planned for Memorial Circle near Arlington National Cemetery. A couple folks pose for photos in front of it, while others slump underneath for some shade.
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What strategies might Russia employ to protect its oil refineries ...

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from Quora Elena Gold Author “Russia’s Plot to Destroy America” What strategies might Russia employ to protect its oil refineries from future strikes or accidents? Putin’s strategic chance to protect his oil refineries from strikes or accidents just flew in—Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko is visiting the Russian tyrant in his Valdai residence for a private chat, after a meeting with Ukrainian representatives last week. Putin is in a bad situation, which is getting worse by the hour. Fuel shortages spread through the whole of Russia. Oil refineries keep burning. Crimea is isolated; Ukrainian drones are flying over the Kerch Bridge; there is no fuel, severe shortages of water, food, power. The chief of occupational administration announced state of emergency. Thousands of vehicles are queuing for hours to get out via Kerch Bridge. Ukraine began striking Russian power plants (that’s why there are power outages in Crimea; a plant in Novomoskovsk was also struck). Ukraine continues s...
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Zelensky Steps Up Threats Against Belarus for Aiding Drone Attacks

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  Ukrainian officials say their northern neighbor is allowing its radio relay stations to be used to guide Russian attack drones more precisely. A destroyed bridge over the Dnipro River, which forms the border between Ukraine and Belarus, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, this month. Credit... Genya Savilov/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko have been reporting on events in Ukraine since the Russian invasion of 2022. June 26, 2026, 4:38 a.m. ET Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, partly from the territory of Belarus, Ukraine has handled relations with its northern neighbor cautiously. It did not sever diplomatic relations and kept open lines of communication with President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s longtime autocrat. But since the beginning of this year, after a string of devastating Russian drone strikes in northwestern Ukraine near the border with Belarus, President Volodymyr Zelensky has t...
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