Here are five things to know about Crimea, a strategic area of outstanding beauty that has played a central part in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia’s takeover of Crimea did not begin in 2014. In the second part of "Crimea: The War Before the War," the Kyiv Independent’s ...

Now, with the peninsula devoured by war, the 2014 triumph has turned into a tragedy for those who live there. The situation could get even worse. New questions open up before the peninsula: will it ...

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Several nations are notable for their large numbers or high densities of castles, from France’s estimated 45,000 to Germany’s more than 25,000 and Italy’s thousands of fortresses. Others, such as ...

Ukrainian drone strikes have cut fuel, power, and transport links across occupied Crimea, and Russian vacationers are staying ...

Previously the economic engine of the Russian-occupied peninsula, the region can no longer welcome tourists as its resources have hit rock bottom ...

In a new blow to the Kremlin’s narrative that Moscow is winning the 4-year-old war in Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces have targeted supplies to Crimea, triggering the worst fuel crisis on the Black Sea ...

For a student of history, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has shown remarkably little awareness that Crimea’s defenders over the centuries have almost always lost. Crimea is home to several historical ...

Drone strikes hit Crimea energy sites, causing blackouts. Ukraine recapturing Crimea by December 31, 2026 at 9.5% YES.

Russia's illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow's relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War. It ...