As Ukrainian leaders vow to reclaim all territories seized by Russia, Moscow has prepared extensive defensive measures, particularly in Crimea, a region unlawfully annexed in 2014. This area ...

The map appeared to show Ukraine without Crimea as part of it ... The peninsula — the home of Russia's Black Sea Fleet — holds great strategic importance for the Kremlin, and it has been ...

"Russia's dominance in the Black Sea is now challenged," U.K. Defense Secretary, Grant Shapps, said late last year.

FIFA has apologised for displaying a map during the qualifying draw for the 2026 World Cup that excluded Crimea from Ukraine's territory, which Kyiv had criticised as an "unacceptable error". During ...

A map shown during the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup has been criticised by Ukraine as an "unacceptable error" after it appeared to exclude Crimea as part of the country. The graphic - showing ...

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA apologized to the Ukrainian soccer federation for displaying a map during its World ... the military invasion of Ukraine, has illegally occupied Crimea since 2014.