Russia says its forces have thwarted another Ukrainian drone attack on a strategic bridge in Crimea, as Kiev forces’ shelling and missile strikes left at least three people dead.

Ukrainian forces have staged fresh attacks on targets inside the Russian territory even as the UN-backed evacuation of civilians from the besieged southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol gets underway.

On August 12, 2000, the Kursk nuclear submarine sank after a torpedo exploded.