Drivers in Russian-controlled Crimea were grappling ⁠with gasoline rationing on ​Monday after Ukrainian drone attacks constricted road supplies ⁠across south-eastern Ukraine, Reuters witnesses and officials said.

Powerful explosions were heard across several locations on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula in the early hours of Wednesday, 27 May. Reports indicate that the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on Gogol Street in Sevastopol was struck in the attack.

Reports say a fire broke out at an aircraft plant in Taganrog following an attack, while the Russian Naval Aviation headquarters in Sevastopol may have been hit.

Russian attacks throughout eastern Ukraine killed at least 27 people on Tuesday, including 12 in ‌one of the worst strikes so far this year, hours before a midnight deadline ushering in an open-ended ceasefire proposed by Kyiv.

Thousands of Kyiv residents ran for shelter following what officials said were ballistic missile strikes on the city centre.

Russia is losing the initiative on the battlefield in its war against Ukraine, paving the way for a diplomatic solution to the conflict, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. In an

May 27 (Reuters) - Air defence units in the port of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea downed more than 20 Ukrainian drones early on Wednesday, with Ukraine also using Storm Shadow missiles, the city's governor said on Telegram.