A decade ago, President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine, a bold land grab that set the stage for Russia to invade its neighbor in 2022. The quick and bloodless seizure of the diamond-shaped peninsula, home to Russia’s Black Sea fleet and a popular vacation site, touched off a wave of patriotism and sent Putin’s … Read more
Editor’s note: This is a developing story. Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said on Feb. 1 that its operatives sunk a Russian Tarantul-class Ivanovets missile corvette from the Black Sea Fleet overnight off of occupied Crimea. Ukraine’s military intelligence released a video of a naval drone approaching a ship and an ensuing explosion. The accompanying message … Read more
Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images Russia security forces attempted to arrest two women suspected of poisoning its troops in Crimea. The alleged saboteurs pulled weapons and escaped after a shoot-out. The women are suspected of giving food and drinks laced with poison to Russian soldiers. … Read more
Ukraine claimed a late Christmas present on December 26: A Russian landing ship based in Crimea. The Novocherkassk (named for a city at the intersection of Rivers in Rostov Oblast) is a 370-foot landing ship. It serves primarily to move troops and supplies during amphibious assaults. Russia claims that it hit two Su-24 jets involved … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian naval ship in Crimea was damaged in an airstrike by Ukrainian forces, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The landing ship Novocherkassk was hit at a base in the city of Feodosia by plane-launched guided missiles, the ministry said, adding that two Ukrainian fighter jets were destroyed by anti-aircraft fire during … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Ukraine said Tuesday it had destroyed a large Russian landing ship docked in a Crimean port in an overnight attack — potentially striking a major blow against Russia’s already damaged Black Sea Fleet. Russian officials confirmed the attack but said only that the ship and some surrounding … Read more
(Reuters) – A Ukrainian sea drone attack on Russia’s Crimean bridge in July had “overturned” naval operations and forced Moscow to resort to ferries to move weaponry, the head of Ukraine’s main intelligence agency said in a video broadcast on Friday. Vasyl Maliuk, head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), said the second of … Read more
TALLINN, Estonia — Russian-installed health officials in Crimea said Thursday that private clinics on the Moscow-annexed peninsula have “voluntarily” stopped providing abortions, which means that the procedure is now only available there in state-run medical facilities. The move comes amid a wider effort in Russia to restrict abortion, still legal and widely available, as the … Read more
Russian Navy vessels near the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea on February 16, 2022.REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak Ukrainian commandos on jet skis conducted a mission to damage a Russian electronic warfare station in Crimea. Members of the group told The Times of London how they carried out their covert and daring mission. The group had … Read more
Ukraine on Saturday waged another attack on Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, according to a Kremlin-installed official, one day after a Ukrainian strike on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Russian air defenses intercepted missiles headed toward the city, the largest on the peninsula, governor Mikhail Razvozhayev wrote on Telegram. The same day, … Read more