Ukrainian officials did not claim responsibility for a train derailment on the occupied peninsula, but it was the latest in a series of explosions hitting the railways and supply lines of Russia’s war machine.
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Ukraine Goes Dark: NASA Images Drive Home a Nation’s Anguish
A satellite operated by NASA and NOAA bares how Russia’s drones and missiles knocked out the nation’s power.
UNESCO Designates Odesa a World Heritage Site Amid Russian Attacks
The Black Sea port has been battered by Russian shelling for months.
Ukraine Faces More Outages and Strikes Russian-Controlled Melitopol
The attack on Melitopol signals the importance of longer-range weapons in Ukraine’s campaign to recapture land in the south.
Russian Missile Barrage Cuts Power and Water Across Ukraine
Outages struck Kyiv and the surrounding region, as well as Lviv, Dnipro, Odesa and Kharkiv. Half of Moldova, whose grid is tied to Ukraine’s, also lost power.
Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target in Ukraine.
President Vladimir V. Putin knows that Ukraine’s fate, its access to the sea and its grain exports hinge on Odesa. Without it, the country shrivels to a landlocked rump state.
Ukraine’s First U.N. Grain Ship Prepares to Depart for Africa
The Brave Commander, a freighter, is expected to carry 23,000 metric tons of wheat to Ethiopia, which World Food Program officials said was “on the verge of famine.”
Living Side by Side, Ukrainian and Russian Sailors Are Tested by War
Sailors are accustomed to not discussing politics at sea, but the war between the two countries has made that more difficult.
Your Tuesday Briefing
The U.S. kills Al Qaeda’s leader.