Russia’s latest act of aggression in the Kerch Straits show two things, Tymofiy Mylovanov says. On the one hand, Vladimir Putin has no plans to stop such actions as long as Ukraine exists. And on the other, Ukraine can’t count on...
Following a Russian attack on three Ukrainian ships near the Kerch Strait, the Ukrainian Parliament has greenlighted a decision to impose martial law in nearly half of the country. On 26 November, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to...
Landlocked by the lands of Ukraine (Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) and Russia (Rostov Oblast and Krasnodar Krai), the Azov Sea has no other access to open waters than the Kerch Strait. In fall 2017,...
On 25 November, in an escalation of tensions which had been developing since summer 2018, three Ukrainian ships were seized by the Russian coast guard near the Kerch Strait. According to Viktor Muzhenko, Ukraine’s Chief of Staff,...
In a move that gives substance to Ukrainian fears that Moscow will close the Sea of Azov to Ukrainian shipping or even launch a new war from there but that also reflects just how stretched the Russian navy is, Moscow is currently moving...
Mustafa Dzhemilev, who has been fighting for the rights of the Crimean Tatar nation for six decades against occupiers old and new, turns 75 today. He has lost none of his ability to diagnose the problems his nation faces or to inspire its...
Telling a lie is easy; to sustain one is hard, especially if those at whom it is directed are paying attention. Those spreading falsehoods find it difficult to repeat them over and over again without eventually allowing the truth to come...
What OSCE spotted The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) reported that on 7 August in the border area of the “non-government-controlled” territory, its long-range drone spotted two convoys of canvas-covered six-wheeled cargo...
This was announced by Dmytro Hutsuliak, spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, referring to the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. “In view of the failed recruitment campaign among the...
By blocking water transit on the Sea of Azov and in the Kerch Straits, Moscow is pursuing two goals, Mykhailo Samus says. First of all, it hopes Ukraine will recognize the Russian annexation of Crimea; and second, it hopes to force Ukraine...
On 23 June 1978, a Soviet police officer came to the house of a Crimean Tatar Musa Mamut to escort him to a meeting with a prosecutor. Mamut was legally not allowed to live in Crimea, due to his nationality. In fact, he had just returned...
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