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Russia will soon release information about the scale of damage inflicted on the Crimean Bridge as a result of an attack blamed on Ukrainian forces on Monday, the Russian government said in a statement on its official TASS news agency.

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Moscow has blamed Ukraine for an attack that struck the bridge connecting Russia and Crimea, saying the assault took place under the auspices of the United States and Britain.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a terrorist attack was committed on the Crimean Bridge on Monday which left a child orphaned.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has condemned a deadly attack on the Crimean Bridge.

Overnight, traffic had been suspended on the Crimean Bridge linking the peninsula to the Krasnodar region via the Sea of Azov due to an emergency that resulted in the death of two people.

Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar has confirmed that the Russian forces have been actively advancing in the Kupyansk direction.

Service members of the Russian "Vostok" Group of Forces have destroyed all Ukrainian infantry groups that were trying to attack in the Zaporozhye direction, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.

The suspension of the year-old Black Sea Grain Initiative comes after months of controversy concerning Western countries' failure to implement its terms - specifically steps to facilitate the export of Russian foodstuffs and fertilizers.

Moscow says the Ukrainian grain shipment deal will not be extended unless Russia's demands are met.

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The White House says granting NATO membership to Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict will inevitably drag the United States and the military alliance into war with Russia, a scenario for which neither party is prepared.

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The OSCE, in partnership with the Guardia Civil of Spain, trained canine team instructors in detection of weapons, ammunition and explosives (WAE) through a four-month course to support Ukraine's capacities in countering illicit trafficking of SALW.

Allegations of arbitrary imprisonment and enforced disappearances of civilians living in areas under occupation are occurring with alarming frequency, with widespread reports of the use of torture and ill-treatment, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today in a new report summarising its ongoing monitoring of violations of international law following Russia's military attack in Ukraine. According to the many

Britain has sanctioned 14 Russian officials, including two government ministers, for what it says is their role in Russia's forced relocation of tens of thousands of Ukrainian children since the start of Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February last year.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has announced 14 new sanctions in response to Russia's attempts to destroy Ukrainian national identity.