What began as a disputed referendum quickly escalated into a wider geopolitical crisis, with Ukraine losing control of the peninsula and relations between Moscow and Western nations collapsing. More ...

Around 300 people are currently being held in Russian captivity on politically fabricated charges in occupied Crimea, including 159 Crimean Tatars, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said on March 16. The ...

President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea on Friday as Russia marked two years since annexing the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine in a move that dramatically damaged its ties with the West. The Kremlin ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday triumphantly joined tens of thousands of supporters to mark one year since his takeover of Crimea, a seismic shift that shattered ties with Ukraine and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The past month has seen an entire string of successes in Ukraine's war against Russia, with both long-range attacks and swarms of ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov compared President Trump's push for Greenland with Russia's unilateral annexation of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea more than a decade ago. "Crimea ...

Tuzla Island, CRIMEA (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin, marking the anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea, on Friday exhorted workers building a bridge between the Black Sea peninsula and ...

A middle-aged couple from Moscow and their teenage son began their summer vacation to the Black Sea beaches of Crimea this month by filling five-gallon gasoline canisters and stocking up on food — as ...