Ukraine-Russia war latest: Fuel sales halted after Kyiv strikes both sides of Crimean bridge
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukrainian forces have struck energy and military infrastructure either side of a key bridge linking occupied Crimea and Russia.
The Russia-appointed Crimean governor Sergei Aksyonov said fuel stations across the peninsula suspended sales to the public and businesses, with supplies restricted to government agencies responsible for essential services and security.
Russian authorities said at least five people were killed and 28 injured in the attacks, adding that air defences had downed 239 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Meanwhile, Zelensky and Polish prime minister Donald Tusk voiced concern over a growing dispute between their two countries after the Polish president revoked Zelensky’s Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest state honour.
The controversy stems from Zelensky’s decision to rename a Ukrainian military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, a nationalist force responsible for massacres of Poles during the war. In protest at the revocation, three former Ukrainian presidents and several senior officials returned Polish honours they had received.
Zelensky warned of a “very dangerous escalation”, while Tusk said the dispute would “harm both sides: business-wise, geopolitically, and reputationally”.
