Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless, but ...
But can Europe meaningfully provide a security cover to Ukraine, without the US backing it ... following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea. Germany’s presumptive next chancellor ...
The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.
Russia occupied Crimea in 2014 and controls about ... Yet, Putin’s arguments rest in the notion that Russia is Ukraine and Ukraine is Russia. Without Ukraine, Russia will never be whole.