The updated strategy not only treats any opposition to Russian occupation as ‘extremist’, but also makes it clear that Russia ...

Crimea, a peninsula connected to the mainland of Ukraine, has become a crucial part of the war between Moscow and Kyiv. The territory has a history of being under Russian control as it was annexed ...

On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow ...

The U.S. official acknowledged that Russian President Vladimir Putin carried out "atrocities" and "horrible things" as part ...

Any acknowledgment of a Russian Crimea as part of a (temporary) peace deal would be a big win for Putin and a greater loss for the United States, Europe, and the wider region.

Russia's beleaguered Black Sea Fleet has developed a "new method" of fending off persistent Ukrainian naval drone attacks, according to a new analysis. While most of its global naval forces remain ...

Russia used to rely on Ukrainian expertise for its missile programs, but its actions in 2014 and beyond ended that ...

The tamga dates back to the Muslim dynasty that ruled Crimea as part of Ottoman Turkiye until Russia annexed it in 1783. However, the Kremlin appears to have opted against widening the crackdown.

But it isn’t just the cases of residents of Crimea that its Moscow-controlled judges are hearing these days. Since Russia launched its unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 ...

Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tonnes of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait ...

The Cembalo Fortress in Balaklava faces threats from a luxury marina project linked to Russian oligarchs, raising concerns ...

There are two enemy warships in the Black Sea, one of which is a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles, with a total salvo of ...