Russian military leadership ordered escalation in Black Sea, Ukrainian army intercepts show
Commander of the guard ship "Don" reports to HQ, "I pushed it [the Ukrainian tugboat] the second time,…
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Russia attacks Ukrainian ships near Kerch strait – video, audio intercepts
On 25 November, in an escalation of tensions which had been developing since summer 2018, three Ukrainian ships…
Open Street Map decides to mark Crimea as Russian territory
On 14 November, one of the managing organs of Open Street Map (OSM), the Data Working Group (DWG),…
Oleksandra Dvoretska: We IDPs have a motivation – to return Crimea and Donbas
Oleksandra Dvoretska was an activist way before the Euromaidan Revolution. Still, Ukraine’s public uprising of 2013-2014 changed her…
Why Ukraine’s new UN General Assembly resolution is important for returning Crimea and political prisoners
The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has recently approved a newly revised draft resolution titled…
Moscow now shifting Navy vessels from Pacific and Arctic to Kerch Straits
In a move that gives substance to Ukrainian fears that Moscow will close the Sea of Azov to…
Seven messages from Mustafa Dzhemilev on his 75th Birthday
Mustafa Dzhemilev, who has been fighting for the rights of the Crimean Tatar nation for six decades against…
Moscow’s blockade of Sea of Azov intended to force Kyiv to lift its own on Crimea, Samus says
By blocking water transit on the Sea of Azov and in the Kerch Straits, Moscow is pursuing two…
Russian authorities dig up ancient Muslim necropolis to build highway in occupied Crimea
Some of the human remains will be re-buried, others will be sent to research institutions. Vesti.Krym TV channel…
Russians moving into occupied Crimea now form one-fifth of its population
Since the Russian occupation of Crimea began four years ago, the combination of its longtime residents being forced…
Russia presents random foreigners brought to occupied Crimea as official delegations
"A delegation from Norway has arrived in Crimea for an official visit. The delegation includes representatives of different…
38 of the 46 Ukrainian Orthodox churches in Crimea forced to close by Russian occupiers
Archbishop Klyment of Simferopol and Crimea says that once autocephaly is granted to Ukraine, the Russian occupation forces…
Black Sea gas deposits – an overlooked reason for Russia’s occupation of Crimea
The Ukrainian patrol ship “Hryhoriy Kuropiatnykov” slowly leaves the port of Odesa. Aboard the vessel, there are more…
‘Undoubtedly Russia has put nuclear weapons in occupied Crimea,’ Felgenhauer says
Pavel Felgenhauer, an independent Russian military analyst, says that even though Moscow will not confirm or deny the…
Putin didn’t annex Crimea to boost his ratings, Portnikov says
Many commentators are suggesting that Vladimir Putin may seek “a new Crimea” to salvage his ratings with the…
What caused the environmental disaster in occupied Crimea? A chemist explains
What happened in Armiansk Disaster and two weeks of ignoration, distraction, and lies In the early hours of…
Hunger-striking Crimean jailed for Ukrainian flag ready to write last will – Ukraine’s ombudsperson
Sentenced by a Russian-controlled court in Crimea, Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh is ready to write his last will…
‘The disappeared’ – the hidden part of Russia’s hybrid deportation of the Crimean Tatars
Today as they have done every August 30, the International Day for Remembering Those Who Have Disappeared, Crimean…
If Russia isn’t forced to return Crimea to Ukraine, major war becomes inevitable, Skobov says
If Moscow isn’t compelled to return Crimea to Ukraine, a major pillar of the international system that has…
On hunger strike since May, Oleg Sentsov is ready to die in protest against Putin’s imperialism
Everyone has heard of Jan Palach, the young Czech student who set himself on fire on January 19,…