was previously sanctioned by the U.S. after Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea, which was once part of the Ukraine. He was also recently sanctioned by the United Kingdom after Russia’s latest invasion of the neighboring country.
2 After the Crimean vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia, the U.S. and EU imposed sanctions, mostly on Russian leaders, but banks were hit too. Pres. Putin signed an annexation pact with Crimea. Ukraine facilities and s...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at a press conference on Sunday that martial law will be lifted unless "a large-scale aggression, invasion by the Russian troops" takes place. Poroshenko said that in the last 30 days Russia had amassed 300 tanks 18 km on the Ukrainian border, 80,0...
Here's a relatively close view of infantry units, fighting vehicles, artillery and other equipment recently brought into a town called Bakhchysarai. Bakhchysarai, located in Crimea, is generally recognized by other countries as Ukrainian territory, but was annexed by Russia, along with the rest ...
Last week, Ukraine announced that501 members of its National Guard had diedsince the invasion started, NBC News reported. The National Guard serves as a military unit with law enforcement powers and was formed in 2014 when Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. ...
In a carefully choreographed visit, Putin traveled to the port city in southern Ukraine by helicopter before he was seen driving and inspecting parts of the city and talking to local residents. On Saturday, he had reportedly visited Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014. ...
Russia went on to invade Crimea in 2014. The Russian leader also claimed Russia was ready for "dialogue" with Ukraine and the West over how to end the war, and for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia for almost a year while await...
The latter poses a potential risk that Russia will be excluded from international payment systems as a result of greater political confrontation between Russia and the West, which led to the imposition of economic and financial sanctions due to the situation in Crimea in 2014. Conditions in March...
Under the agreement, Kiev and Moscow pledged to respect the inviolability of each other's borders and to settle disputes peacefully. Relations between Kiev and Moscow have been deteriorating since early 2014 over Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, it gained complete control of the naval base in Sevastopol that had long been the home to its Black Sea fleet. But Moscow has also sought to develop the port as a commercial enterprise. Several of the businesses integral to the shipping of grain from Cri...