Russia-Ukraine War News: Shelling cuts power to Ukraine nuclear site

Russian president Vladimir Putin orders tighter security for Crimea bridge as well as the infrastructure supplying electricity and natural gas to Crimea

Ukraine presidency says Russia had hand in Crimea bridge blast

Rail traffic resumes on Crimea bridge damaged by blast: Russian operator

Zaporizhzhia is one of four regions in Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin has annexed in violation of international laws. While the nuclear plant has been under Russian control for months, the city of the same name remains under Ukrainian control.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said the plant's link to a 750-kilovolt line was cut at around 1 a.m. Saturday.

"The resumption of shelling, hitting the plant's sole source of external power, is tremendously irresponsible. The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant must be protected," the IAEA quoted its chief Rafael Grossi as saying in a statement.

Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for shelling at the site of Europe's biggest nuclear plant that has damaged buildings and threatened a catastrophic nuclear accident. The International Atomic Energy Agency is pushing for a protection zone to be set up to prevent further shelling.

Crimea bridge reopens to car traffic after blast: Russian authorities

Official in Kherson, one of four Russia-annexed regions in Ukraine, announces a partial evacuation of civilians

Russia's air force chief named commander of all troops fighting in Ukraine, defense ministry says

Russia says three people killed in Crimea bridge blast

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has lost its last remaining external power source due to renewed shelling and is now relying on emergency diesel generators: IAEA

Russia's defence ministry: Russian troops in Mykolaiv, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia regions can be fully supplied via land and sea corridors

Kyiv reaction to Crimea bridge blast shows 'terrorist nature': Moscow

Russia's foreign ministry on Saturday said Ukraine's reaction to a huge blast that ripped through the bridge linking Moscow-annexed Crimea to the mainland showed Kyiv's "terrorist nature". "The reaction of the Kyiv regime to the destruction of civilian infrastructure shows its terrorist nature," the ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Telegram.

Russia on Saturday opened a criminal probe into a blast that blew up a truck and heavily damaged a vital bridge linking Moscow-annexed Crimea to the mainland.Russia's investigative committee said it had "initiated a criminal case in connection with the incident on the Crimean bridge," adding that "a truck was blown up". "According to preliminary information, this morning on the automobile part of the Crimean bridge from the side of the Taman Peninsula, a truck was blown up, which caused seven fuel tanks to ignite on a train heading towards the Crimea peninsula," the committee said.

The fire occurred hours after explosions rocked the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early on Saturday, sending towering plumes of smoke into the sky and triggering a series of secondary explosions.

The crossing is a pair of road and rail bridges that Russia built after it seized and annexed Crimea from Ukraine in violation of international law in 2014.

Russia’s RIA state agency reports fuel tank on fire at Kerch bridge in Crimea

A fuel tank was on fire on the Kerch bridge in Crimea early on Saturday, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported, while Ukraine’s media reported an explosion.“According to preliminary information a fuel tank on fire on one of the sections of the Crimean bridge, the shipping arches are not damaged,” RIA reported citing a local official. Traffic on the bridge was suspended. Ukraine’s media reported that a blast took place on the bridge at around 6 a.m.

Ukraine's media reports massive explosion at the Kerch bridge

Putin marks low-key birthday as Ukraine pressures mount

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 70th birthday with little fanfare and a decree targeting a key Western energy investment, but signs gew that key parts of his Ukraine invasion were unravelling to trigger unprecedented criticism at home. News programmes made only glancing references to Friday's event and celebrations were low-key - in contrast to just a week ago, when Putin held a huge concert on Red Square to proclaim the annexation of nearly a fifth of Ukrainian land.