Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it’s coveted by both Russia and Ukraine
Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and ...
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Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it's coveted by both Russia and Ukraine
From left, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Soviet leader Josef Stalin sit on the patio of the Livadia Palace, in Yalta, Crimea, on Feb. 4 ...
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Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it's coveted by both Russia and Ukraine
and Crimea — as part of Ukraine — continued to host it. Sevastopol also was a preferred holiday destination for Nicholas II, the last Russian czar. The southern town of Yalta was a prime ...
Explainer-Where is Crimea and why is it contested?
The fate of Crimea and four provinces where Russia has captured territory since invading Ukraine in 2022 was widely thought to be on the agenda of talks on Tuesday between U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Where is Crimea and why is it contested?
The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.
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Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it’s coveted by both Russia and Ukraine
The southern town of Yalta was a prime holiday destination in ... the fate of Germany and Europe after World War II. For Kyiv, Crimea had been a strategic asset, too. By the time Russia annexed ...