Russia claims Ukrainian drone attack in occupied Crimea
Ukrainian defense forces allegedly launched a complex strike against Russian military installations in Crimea, targeting the Belbek airfield.
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Russian Black Sea Fleet missile ships commander killed in Sevastopol car bombing, source says
The commander reportedly died after an IED detonated under his vehicle on Taras Shevchenko Street.
Canada to allocate additional funding to help Ukraine return its children from Russian deportation
According to Ukrainian authorities, nearly 20,000 children have been forcibly taken to Russia from occupied territories since 2022 and only 389 were returned back home.
ISW: Ukraine bypasses Russian air defenses in Russia-occupied Crimea
Ukraine's multiple successful strikes on Russian military targets across Russian-occupied Crimea demonstrated Ukraine's growing ability to penetrate Russian defenses. The strikes aimed to degrade the Russian military’s ability to use Crimea as a base for further offensive operations in southern Ukraine
Explosions in occupied Crimea’s Yevpatoria: Russians claim air and sea drone attacks (Updated)
In the early hours of 14 September, locals reported powerful explosions heard in the occupied Yevpatoria on the western coast of Russian-occupied Crimea. Russia’s Ministry of Defense claims it has neutralized attacking Ukrainian aerial drones. Additionally, Moscow says that underwater drones attacked the Russian patrol ship "Sergey Kotov" in the Black Sea but were also destroyed.
Ukraine to liberate Crimea by end of August 2023 – former commander of US Army in Europe
Why occupied Crimea is a trap for Russian forces rather than a fortress? Will Russia use nukes against…
Russia exports half million tonnes of possibly stolen Ukrainian grain to Syria – Reuters
Using a low-profile fleet of ships under US sanctions, Syria has this year sharply increased wheat imports from…
Russia rapidly moving landing ships, submarines of Baltic, Northern & Pacific fleets to Black Sea
According to the monitoring group, several groups of additional Russian ships entered the Mediterranean sea in late January…
Russia continues to coerce Crimeans into its military and punishes those that resist
In the most recent example, the “court” for the city of Sudak has convicted a nineteen-year-old resident of…
How Crimean hotel Mriya keeps winning the British World Travel Awards despite EU sanctions
Every year, Russian media mark the Mriya Hotel’s award of the World Travel Awards with publications along the…
Are Chechens being purposefully pitted against Crimean Tatars?
Dozens of individuals were detained after clashes in Yevpatoria, in Russian-occupied Ukrainian Crimea, on the night of September…
“After they electrocuted me, I told them everything they needed.” How Russia’s FSB extracted a “confession” from a Crimean Tatar
Asan Akhtemov and his compatriots were arrested on 3-4 September. On that night, Russian security service officers raided…
Jailing innocent Crimean Tatars to insanely huge terms: a how-to guide from Russia
16 August 2021. More than 150 people have gone all the way from occupied Crimea to Rostov-on-Don in…
How Russia will try to sue Ukraine in the European Court of Human Rights
As in February Ukraine filed its ninth Inter-State application before the European Court of Human Rights against Russia,…
Russians relocated to occupied Crimea now make up one-third of the population, experts say
Read also: Russia’s replacement of population in occupied Crimea violates Geneva Convention – UN report (2019) Statistical authorities…
Win for Ukraine as PACE adopts strong resolution in support of Crimean Tatars persecuted by Russia
1. To begin with, a PACE resolution focusing on the issue of Russia-occupied Crimea and the rights of…
“I do not want my children to live in a country of terror.” Four inspiring letters from Crimean Tatar political prisoners not broken by Russia
Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Russian occupation authorities have established a highly repressive regime on…
The limits of compromise for Biden & Putin: Ukrainians’ views of the future of occupied Crimea and Donbas
It presents landmarks and signals what the Ukrainian people really want, and therefore, what Kyiv’s policy can or…
Photo project spotlights Crimean Tatar kids born after their fathers’ unlawful arrests by Russian occupation authorities
2021 marked the seventh anniversary of the Russian occupation of the part of sovereign Ukrainian territory, the Crimean…
Forced migration in Crimea as part of Russia’s ‘hybrid’ strategy
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Decree No. 201 came into effect on March 20, 2021. The executive edict adds…