after Sunday's hastily called referendum in which residents of the Black Sea peninsula overwhelmingly backed breaking off from Ukraine and joining Russia. Ukraine and the West have rejected the vote, held two weeks after Russian troops had taken over Crimea. ...
Russia Shoots Down Missiles Over Crimea and Regions Bordering Ukraine More (Reuters) -Russian air defence systems shot down four missiles on Sunday, Russian officials said, one over the annexed Crimean peninsula and three over Russia's Rostov and Bryansk regions that border Ukraine. ...
the phrase "Potemkin village" has stuck as a term for a fraudulent edifice.An American hero helped consolidate Russia's takeover of the Crimea. He was John Paul Jones, and he wasn't originally an American, nor was his name Jones.Born John Paul in Scotland in 1747, he took to the sea...
Kherson lies on the Dnipro River near the Black Sea, only about 60 miles (97 km) from Crimea, which Russia took over the last time it invaded Ukraine in 2014. Invading Russian troops took control of Kherson in the early part of the current war, but the Ukrainians who live there have...
Kirby said thesurprise visit by Putinis another example of Russia's failing war in Ukraine. Putin traveled to the port city in southern Ukraine by helicopter before he was seendriving and inspectingparts of the city and talking to local residents. On Saturday, he reportedly visited Crimea, the...
Russia seizes Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula with a predominantly ethnic Russian population, in the aftermath of the Euromaidan protests. Russian troops occupy key sites on the peninsula, wearing military uniforms with Russian insignias removed. The annexation prompts international outrage and is condemned...
“Crimea has always had its autonomy, it has its parliament, but on the inside of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said, in excerpts of the interview that RAI released earlier on Thursday. The interviewer asked the Ukrainian leader about a comment by French President Emmanuel Macron cautioning against any...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday it had arrested seven people connected with Ukrainian intelligence and accused them of planning "a series of high-profile sabotage and terrorist acts" in Russian-annexed Crimea. In a statement, the FSB said the group...
The vote took place several weeks after Russian-led forces took control of Crimea, a predominantly ethnic Russian region. Its residents say they fear the Ukrainian government that took over when pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted last month will oppress them. ...
Zelensky said “the world was hesitant” when Russia took over Crimea in 2014 and then when it attempted to invade the whole country in February 2022. “The world must not hesitate today and ever,” he said, adding that “the world must make faster than Russia makes its new moves.” ...