Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it's coveted by both Russia and Ukraine
Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless, but ...
Where is Crimea and why is it contested?
The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.
Explainer-Where is Crimea and why is it contested?
The fate of Crimea and four provinces where Russia has captured territory since invading Ukraine in 2022 was widely thought to be on the agenda of talks on Tuesday between U.S. President Donald Trump ...
The Republic7d
Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it’s coveted by both Russia and Ukraine
Crimea was home to Turkic-speaking Tatars when the Russian empire first annexed it in the 18th century. It briefly regained independence as a Tatar republic two centuries later before being ...
The Straits Times6d
Explainer-Where is Crimea and why is it contested?
Crimea became part of Russia within the Soviet Union until 1954, when it was handed to Ukraine, also then a Soviet Republic, by Stalin's successor Nikita Khrushchev, a Ukrainian. After the ...
Demos & Kalavritinos: Ukraine & Cyprus a tale of European hypocrisy
The next time a European leader lectures President Trump and Vice President Vance, perhaps they ought to be asked why it is ...
The Independent5d
Why Crimea is coveted by both Russia and Ukraine - and the role it plays in the war
Youths mark the ninth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine with a banner reading, ‘Russia doesn't start wars, it ends them,’ in 2023 (Copyright ...