Crimea deaths come as Ukraine ramps up attempts to isolate region

The latest set of blows between Russia and Ukraine has led to three deaths in the Russian-controlled territory of Crimea, the Moscow-installed governor has said, in what he described as a "barbaric attack". The region, which is internationally recognised as being Ukrainian, was illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin in 2014. It has since become linked to Russia by road and rail connections along a land corridor through occupied areas of southern Ukraine, and since 2018 by a road and rail