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All the latest news about Crimea, occupied by Russia.
The 1994 secret operation that saved Crimea, and perhaps Ukraine, from Russian occupation
The untold story of Ukraine's covert operation 30 years ago to halt Russia's attempt to occupy Crimea emerged in recently published documents. The records detail Ukraine's restrained yet decisive actions.
Occupied Crimea head creates private armies ahead of Ukraine’s offensive
Sergey Aksyonov, the self-proclaimed head of the Russian-annexed Republic of Crimea since February 2014 has created two private…
Crimea’s Kerch bridge partially collapses after powerful explosion: LIVE UPDATES
At 6:29 AM of 8 October, the Telegram channel of the Kerch-based news site Kerch.info reported an explosion…
What weapon Ukraine might have used to hit airfield in Crimea
On 9 August, Ukraine is believed to have hit a Russian target in occupied Crimea for the first…
First English-language course about Crimea dispels Russian imperial narratives on peninsula’s history
Crimea has made important appearances in the broader region throughout history. During Antiquity, Greek colonies appeared…
Do Crimeans await liberation from Russian occupation?
“It is hard to speak for all Crimeans to determine the exact number of those supporting the Ukrainian…
“Russia killed my grandfather, deported my mother, arrested my sons.” Crimean Tatar historian on “intentional extermination” of his people
[editorial]The Soviets shot Crimean Tatar historian Shukri Seytumerov’s grandfather in 1938 on accusation of counter-revolutionary activities. They deported…
Ukraine calls to recognize 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars was genocide
On the 78th anniversary of Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars, the Ukrainian foreign ministry called on the…
Time for world to recognize Stalin’s deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide – activist
[editorial]”You cannot forgive the tyrants of the past so that they do not come to life in the…
Occupied Crimea prepares conscription campaign for Russia’s war, steals Ukrainian water
[editorial]The Russian authorities of Crimea are preparing a conscription campaign to draw on more manpower for the war…
Crimean activist fined for condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 10 March 2022, Russian law enforcers reported that Olena Hukova is suspected of “discrediting the Russian Armed…
Russia conceals deaths of Crimean soldiers in Ukraine war amid overcrowded local morgues & hospitals
The active phase of Russian aggression against Ukraine started not in 2022 but in 2014, with the occupation…
Russia sentences RFE/RL freelancer to six years in first case of torture of professional journalist in Crimea
On 9 March, Vladyslav Yesypenko, a RFE/RL journalist who reported on developments in Crimea, filmed a flower-laying ceremony…
Russia rapidly moving landing ships, submarines of Baltic, Northern & Pacific fleets to Black Sea
[editorial]Six Russian ships from the Baltic and Northern fleets are heading to the Black Sea to reinforce the…
Russia continues to plunder and destroy Crimea’s cultural heritage: 150 crimes documented by experts
[editorial] Russia, who seized the Ukrainian Black-Sea peninsula of Crimea by military force in 2014, is plundering and…
“After the third shock, my brain exploded”: Crimean Tatar activist says FSB tortured him with electricity to obtain “confessions”
On 21 December, Nariman Ametov, a Crimean Tatar activist and the father of three minor children, reported on…
New strengthened UN Crimean resolution calls on states to join Crimea Platform, names Crimean Tatars an indigenous people
“This year we managed to include in the text Russia’s responsibility for respecting the rights of Crimean Tatars…
How to stop Russian aggression in post-Soviet states? | 30 Years of Freedom, p.4
[editorial] “Russia’s favorite work is to create problems in a country and see how far it can go,”…
Russia continues to coerce Crimeans into its military and punishes those that resist
[editorial]In Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula occupied by Russia, local males of eighteen to twenty seven years of age–who…
Russia’s claims to Ukrainian warship “Donbas” in Kerch Strait pure psy-op, maritime expert says
[editorial]On 9 December, Russia caused an international stir by claiming that a Ukrainian Navy ship was undermining maritime…