Crimea

Trump says US moving troops to Poland after meeting with Poland's Duda

Polish leader Andrzej Duda called it the announcement a "very reasonable decision" and said he had asked Trump not to withdraw US troops from Europe "because the security of Europe is very important to me."

Will Russia use the pandemic to crack down further on Crimean Tatars?

There are increasing concerns that Russian authorities will take advantage of lockdown measures.

Erdogan denounces Russia's annexation of Crimea

Turkish President Erdogan meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kiev, voices support for Ukraine's territorial integrity.

Russia's Putin opens rail route to annexed Crimea angering Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin stands in driver's cabin of the shortened three-carriage train for the official opening of the railway bridge that links annexed Crimea to southern Russia.

Ukraine slams Apple for putting Crimea in Russia on apps

Russian lawmakers said Apple complied with a demand from Moscow for Crimea to appear as part of Russia on maps and weather apps.

Council of Europe assembly authorises Russia's return

Council of Europe member states have agreed that Russia could present a delegation from Tuesday despite strong opposition from Ukraine.

Free Ukrainian sailors 'immediately' – global tribunal to Russia

Moscow should "immediately" return 24 sailors and three Ukrainian navy vessels seized last November off Crimea, judges at International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea order.

Crimean Tatars: ‘Religious persecution made us more strong and united’

Russia has been targeting the Tatars with illegal detentions and other threats, even forcing them out of Crimea, but the ethnic minority refuses to accept Moscow's sovereignty

Ukraine comedian Zelenskiy to meet Macron before presidential run-off

Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy is heading to Paris to meet the French president. He is predicted to win the presidential election run-off, despite his only political experience of playing the president in a TV show.

Five years after Russian annexation, Crimea is in crisis

The Black Sea peninsula is experiencing purges, propaganda drives and plummeting living standards as it becomes a toxic geopolitical battleground.

It's been five years since Russia annexed Crimea

It is in everyone’s interest that Ukraine remains independent and sovereign and maintains the ability to choose its destiny without outside interference.

Ukraine bans entry to Russian adult men

Moscow and Kiev have traded angry accusations since Russian navy vessels fired on, boarded and captured the three Ukrainian ships off the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea which was annexed by Russia in 2014.