Your Wednesday Briefing: New Explosions Rock Crimea

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Hello. We cover a major explosion on a Russian target in Crimea and a political scandal in Australia.

ImageCrimea, hit by a elite Yesterday's Ukrainian unit was a key base of operations for Russia throughout the war.Credit...Associated Press

Ukraine hits key Crimean target

An elite Ukrainian one-unit hit a Russian ammunition depot in the occupied Crimean peninsula yesterday, a Ukrainian official said, in another embarrassing blow to Moscow forces.

The brazen attacks came a week after explosions at a Russian airbase destroyed several fighter jets on the peninsula. A Ukrainian official said special forces officers worked on the attack with local partisan fighters.

Russia called the episode an "act of sabotage ". The attacks come in defiance of dire warnings of retaliation from Moscow. Last month, a senior Russian official swore that if Ukraine attacked Crimea, it would immediately face "Judgment Day". times...