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Canadian PM affirms Crimea’s status as part of Ukraine on anniversary of sham referendum

Trudeau said that Russia's hybrid invasion of the peninsula was more than just aggression against Ukraine, as the Kremlin's actions challenged the international legal order.

byMaria Tril

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Sky News: Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles to attack Russian warships

On 13 September, Ukraine used British long-range Storm Shadow missiles to target the occupied city of Sevastopol in Crimea, Sky News reports. Two Russian military vessels, a submarine, and a large landing ship were damaged in the attack.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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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.

byBohdan Ben

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Opinion

There will be no security in the Black Sea if Crimea remains occupied, Ukraine’s top strategist says

Andriy Klymenko is the author of several development strategies for Crimea. Before the Russian occupation, Klymenko lived in…

bySerge Havrylets

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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…

byOlena Mukhina

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(No) right to a fair trial, or a manual to Russia’s conveyor of repressions in Crimea

Seven years ago, Russian Special Operations Forces with no badges yet equipped with Russian weapons took over a…

byYuliia Rudenko

Russia's Su-25 fighter jets cruising over the Kerch bridge while a Russian oil-tank ship blocked passage for three Ukrainian boats. Kerch Strait, 25 November 2018. Photo: kerch.fm

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Russia’s strategy in the Sea of Azov: The Kerch Bridge, artificial shipping delays and continued harm to Ukraine

Russia’s “hard power” activity in the Sea of Azov has increased significantly since May 2018, when the authorities…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Ukraine wins crucial round against Russia over Crimea in the European Court of Human Rights

The decision of the European Court of Human Rights from 14 January 2021 is still an intermediate decision.…

byBohdan Ben

The water volume of the Simferopol Reservoir shrank to one tenth of its normal size (Image: znak.com)

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Putin claims mounting crisis in occupied Crimea can be reversed by fresh water supplies under Azov Sea

On December 17, Vladimir Putin said that the mounting water crisis in Russia-occupied Crimea, a crisis that means…

byPaul A. Goble

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Three conditions for the deoccupation of Crimea and Donbas – Vitaly Portnikov

The Crimean Plaform. Propaganda and realism At a press conference after joint talks on June 2, Ukrainian Foreign…

byVitaly Portnikov

A dried-out area of the Simferopol Water Reservoir in April 2020. According to media reports, this main water storage facility for Crimea's capital city is only at one-third of its capacity for this time of the year. Photo: krymr.org (RFE/RL)

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Critical water shortage in Crimea may prompt new Russian attack against Ukraine

The Crimean Peninsula has long suffered from water shortages, but these are now often exacerbated by the ever-more…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

A Ukrainian naval cutter at pier in Berdyansk, Ukraine (Photo: president.gov.ua)

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New Ukrainian naval base ‘East’: A countermeasure against Russia’s hybrid strategies in the Sea of Azov?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an official visit to the southeastern coastal oblast of Zaporizhzhia, on April 11.…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Portnikov: Yanukovych must not return

Vitaly Serdyuk, the lawyer of the former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, said that Yanukovych is preparing to…

byVitaly Portnikov

Matteo Salvini wearing a Putin t-shirt in Moscow (Photo: social media)

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Portnikov: Breathing lighter without Lega

Europeans can breathe easy for the first time in several years: Italy, one of the leading economies of…

byVitaly Portnikov

Russian state crest in front of full moon (Image: vedomosti.ru)

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Portnikov: A cup that cracked

The Church of Greece became the first after the Patriarchate of Constantinople to recognize the Ukrainian autocephaly. At…

byVitaly Portnikov

Vitaly Portnikov: A population that does not fight hard for independence cannot at once start building a state. True state-building efforts in Ukraine began only after the Maidan of 2013-2014. Photo: Gazeta.ua

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Portnikov: Ukraine’s development will resume after crisis caused by Zelenskyy

Today’s 40-year-olds have lost the chance to see a truly sovereign and successful Ukraine. If they are lucky,…

byGazetaUA

G7 summit in La Malbaie, Canada on 9 June 2018. The leaders stand by their joint communique, although Donald Trump subsequently withdrew his support. Photo: Bundesregierung / Denzel @ bundeskanzlerin.de

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Portnikov: Crimea and the Big Seven

President of the United States Donald Trump talks about the advisability of Russia’s participation in what was called…

byVitaly Portnikov

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Putin has outlasted ‘cowardly and corrupt Western leaders,’ Skobov says

Since the beginning of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, it has been obvious to all but the blind…

byPaul A. Goble

US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron with their wives in the Red Room at the White House, April 24, 2018, Washington, D.C. Photo: Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen

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Portnikov: Putin’s return must be resisted

The proposal by US President Donald Trump to return his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to the G8, of…

byVitaly Portnikov

Vladimir Putin with members of Moscow's state-sponsored Night Wolves biker club on their August 10, 2019 propagandist tour through Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula Russia occupied in February 2014. Photo: kremlin.ru

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No stable Ukrainian-Russian peace possible until Putin convicted of war crimes, Shulipa says

Many have been speculating about what steps Russia and Ukraine must make to achieve a stable peace, but…

byPaul A. Goble