In its November 9 intelligence update, the British Defense Ministry says that Russia’s Kerch bridge connecting occupied Crimea to Russia is unlikely to be fully operational until at least September 2023. Meanwhile, the damage to the...
After an explosion had partially destroyed the Crimean bridge on October 8, the Railway of the Crimea announced that Russia fully restored railway traffic on the bridge. “A 15-car train made a successful run after the first stage of...
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...
A declaration by the Romanian defense minister that his country is concerned by the increased Russian presence the Black Sea is encouraging Kyiv which welcomes such a statement by a senior official of a NATO country as an indication that...
Pre-history: Is Russia preparing to attack Mariupol by blockading Ukrainian Azov Sea ports? Passage On 16 September, the Ukrainian government announced its plans to create a naval base in the Azov Sea before the end of the year. A few...
Following the annexation of Crimea, Ukraine initiated Crimea-related arbitration proceedings at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg in 2016. And earlier this year, Ukraine submitted a memo to ITLOS....
There is now another “front in the Russian-Ukrainian war,” Mykhailo Zhirokhov says. “It is the Sea of Azov … a real cold war which at any moment risks growing into an open armed conflict” as Russia tries...
The construction by Russia of the Kerch Strait (Crimean) Bridge goes along according to the plan and to the song. That is, the bridge is still not completed, though a competition for the best song about its construction has been held...
Vladimir, regarding Crimean problems one should perhaps start with the issue of fresh water. As far as we know, the problems are being aggravated as, according to local residents, the new-coming settlers from Russia – Ed. irrigate...
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often appears to be is far too large for anyone to keep up with. But there needs to be a way to mark those which can’t be discussed in...
First stereotype: Ukrainians are very poor Some Europeans viewed Ukraine as extremely poor. Many Ukrainian refugees were surprised to learn that. “They perceived us almost like we are cave people who do not know and have not seen...
