Fuel sales suspended in Russia’s Crimea as Ukrainian strikes kill 4

Moscow: Four people were killed and fuel sales were suspended in Russian-occupied Crimea, the Moscow-backed authorities there said on Sunday, after a massive Ukrainian barrage hit the Black Sea peninsula.Ukraine said it targeted military and energy facilities in Crimea — Moscow’s key logistics base for its four-year military offensive — in one of the biggest attacks on the peninsula in recent months. “As a result of the enemy’s drone attack on the Kerch peninsula, unfortunately, there are casualties among the civilian population,” said Russiabacked Crimea governor Sergey Aksyonov, referring to the part of Crimea that borders Russia.

“According to the latest information, four people were killed, 28 were wounded,” he added.Part of the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, was left without power after the attacks, local utilities company Krymenergo said. Ukraine calls its retaliatory attacks on Russia and occupied territories “long-range sanctions” and denies targeting civilians. Separately, overnight Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine killed three people. Reuters