Day 528 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Exploratory Talks on Peace begin in Saudi Arabia

Day 528 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Traffic on the Crimean bridge was temporarily stopped due to explosions in the area
• Exploratory talks on peace in Ukraine begin in Saudi Arabia
• Navalny received a new sentence of another 19 years in prison
• Poland needs one billion euros from the EU for the transit of Ukrainian grain
• Hysteria in Moscow: The mythical Redis, the commander of Azov, has returned to the front

Traffic on the Crimean bridge was temporarily stopped due to explosions in the area

Explosions were heard last night near the Crimean Bridge, which connects mainland Russia with the annexed peninsula. Earlier it was reported that a tanker in the Kerch Strait was damaged by a Ukrainian drone strike.

The tanker "Sig" suffered a puncture in the area of the engine room, reported the Russian Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport. The vessel was likely hit by a marine drone, the release said. The owner of the tanker is the company "Transpetrochart". According to TASS, the crew consisted of 11 people, and there were no casualties. Vladimir Rogov, head of the Moscow-appointed administration in the Zaporizhzhia region, said several people were slightly affected by broken glass.

The Russian Maritime Rescue Coordination Center did not provide details about the tanker.

Traffic on the Crimean Bridge was temporarily stopped, but has now been restored.

The attack on the tanker came a day after Ukrainian forces attacked a Russian amphibious assault ship in the vicinity of the Black Sea base of Novorossiysk with an autonomous boat...