welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine, because, for the second time in a week, there have been explosions in crimea. it s not yet clear who is responsible for them. there were explosions at a russian military base there. a separate fire also broke out at a power substation, and a railway was damaged. crimea has a russian appointed local governor. he spoke after the explosion happened. translation: as of now, the information we have i is that two people were injured. one man was hit by a shrapnel fragment, the other wounded person was buried under a wall. i ve ordered 5km to be closed off. evacuation of all civilians within this 5km zone is under way. earlier this week, there was this other explosion this was on tuesday at an airfield. it s reported that destroyed at least seven russian aircraft. let s remind ourselves why crimea is important. russia illegally invaded it in 2014 and has occupied it since. since russia s invasion of ukraine this year, its
here s one military expert s view on what both sides are saying. it is possible that it was an accident, it is possible that it was sabotage, it is possible that it was a long range attack we really don t know. russia wants it to be ambiguous because they don t want to admit that they re vulnerable, and ukraine wants it to be ambiguous to keep the russians guessing. so i think both sides would rather have no clear answer. crimea is important for both ukraine and russia. let s remind ourselves why. it s recognised internationally as a part of ukraine. then, in 2014, russia invaded and then held a referendum on itjoining russia. the international community sees that referendum as illegal. since then, the russian government has poured billions into the area and built a bridge to connect crimea to the russian mainland. many ukrainians see the annexation as the beginning of the war with russia. and last week, the ukrainian president said the war in ukraine must end with crimea s liberat
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