Crimea’s unique location makes it a strategically important asset, and Russia has spent centuries fighting for it ...

The United Nations General Assembly, the United States and many other countries condemned the annexation, and the U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia over its moves. Few countries ...

Russian forces took the 37-year-old woman from her home. Since then she has become a Kremlin hostage. This article is ...

Türkiye has stated its support for Ukraine's territorial integrity. Ankara made the statement ahead of the anniversary of ...

Head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov stressed that Crimea was also protected by air defenses SIMFEROPOL ... against potential land operations there by Ukraine, head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov said ...

The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.

With an area of 27,000 sq km (10,000 sq miles), Crimea is slightly smaller than Belgium, with the city of Simferopol as its capital. The pre-war population was around 2 million. Ukraine's 2001 ...