According to Serhiy Aksyonov, a Russia-installed leader in the occupied Crimea, the flow of tourists in June deсreased by 40% compared with the same month previous year. Aksyonov also claimed that next year, the sea resorts in the parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts that Russia currently occupied will be open for tourists. Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities say that President Volodymyr Zelensky wants the military to reclaim the occupied territories in southern Ukraine.
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Tuesday, February 24
The Druzhba pipeline, a major route supplying Russian crude through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia, has become the focus of a dispute between Kyiv and the two EU countries.
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"We demand Budapest stop dragging Ukraine into Hungary's domestic politics," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
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Medvedev threatens UK, France with nuclear strikes after Russia's Ukraine arms transfer allegations.
Medvedev's threats follow claims by Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) that Paris and London are working to provide Ukraine with nuclear arms to "secure more favorable terms" in negotiations.
The last confirmed use of ATACMS by Ukrainian forces was reported on Nov. 18.
"Our benchmark is more than 200 eliminated occupiers per square kilometer," he said.
Moscow has previously cited alleged Ukrainian sabotage or attacks as grounds for escalating tensions.
Russian officials, propagandists, and some Western intelligence assessments initially predicted that Ukraine could fall within days or weeks.
The case comes amid Ukrainian efforts to restrict Russian access to Starlink satellite communications.
"Here I spoke with President Biden, and it was right here that I heard: Volodymyr, there is a threat. You need to leave Ukraine urgently," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
