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Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of terrorism over its escalating attacks on shipping in the Sea of Azov, a route ‌that handles about a quarter of its grain exports.

Nearly 2 million ​people were evacuated ahead of Bavi's arrival.

Control over the Strait of Hormuz has become a "golden weapon" to Iran, for which it is willing to risk new escalations with the United States, and is a bigger ​priority than a nuclear programme for which it accepted decades of sanctions.

Ukrainian attacks have caused fuel shortages to spread from Russian-annexed Crimea ​to nearby parts of southern Russia, and even to the capital Moscow, ‌which has previously been spared, residents say.

A tanker reported being struck by a projectile in the Strait ​of Hormuz as the warring sides accused each other of violating an interim peace deal.

A train crashed into a school minivan at a level-crossing in the Belgian town of Buggenhout on Tuesday, killing four people including two special needs pupils, authorities said.

Ukraine's most skilled military drone pilots squared off this week not against Russia, but against each other in a competition to win bragging rights and state-of-the-art hardware for their units.

The Russia-controlled part of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region was experiencing emergency ​power blackouts on Friday, Russia-installed governor Yevgeny Balitsky ‌was quoted as saying by the Kommersant newspaper.

Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks on targets across Russia on ‌Sunday, hitting the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk and setting it on fire, and striking a number of vessels, as it steps up attacks on energy infrastructure and other targets.