Russian special forces storm the Ukrainian Belbek Airbase on March 22, 2014 near Sevastopol, Crimea. Crimea, a peninsula along the northern coast of the Black Sea, had long been a part of Russia, but the Soviet Union transferred it to Ukraine in 1954. This was not a big deal as long as...
The Russian navy's Black Sea Fleet has been forced to rebase nearly all its combat-ready warships from occupied Crimea to other locations, and its main naval hub is becoming ineffectual because of attacks by Kyiv, Ukraine's navy chief said. Vice-Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa said ...
home of 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade, on the edge of the port city of Sevastopol. Other than a large olive green truck parked in front of the gate to ward off a storming, there was nothing to indicate that this base could be the next to fall. There were no Russian or pro-...
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It appears that the Ukrainians - if they did what they say they did - flew a Bayraktar drone on one side of the ship to distract the Moskva's radar as a decoy and then hit it with two missiles on the other side. Even if the Russian explanation is correct - that...
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The international community should categorically not recognize the results of the presidential elections of the Russian Federation at the Ukrainian National Assembly. Personal lifetime sanctions should be imposed on the organizers of illegal elections in the occupied Ukrainian territories. The presence of ...
or nationalism. Russia's Black Sea naval fleet is based at Sevastopol, a city located at the tip of the Crimea peninsula. Russia holds a lease to the naval base until 2017, though in recent years Ukrainian politicians have made clear that they are eager for the Russian Navy to pull out...