The claim that Ukraine simply handed over Crimea when Russia illegally annexed the peninsula in February 2014 ignores years of Moscow's military buildup in the region and the volatile political ...

The crisis in Crimea started shortly after the 2014 mass protests in Ukraine that toppled the country’s Russian-backed regime of Viktor Yanukovych. As the nation grappled with the chaos caused ...

Moscow's illegal annexation of Crimea on March 18, 2014, was only recognized internationally by countries such as North Korea and Sudan. In Russia, it touched off a wave of patriotism, and “Krym ...

Russia stole Crimea from Ukraine, and if U.S. President Donald Trump recognizes Moscow’s land grab as part of a peace deal, ...

Explainer-Where Is Crimea and Why Is It Contested? (Reuters) -The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.

That was until 2014, when Russia invaded Crimea and the Kremlin subsequently annexed the Ukrainian territory. Today, both Kyiv and Moscow see Crimea as a red-line in negotiations to end the war.

Moscow’s illegal annexation of Crimea on March 18, 2014, was only recognized internationally by countries such as North Korea and Sudan. In Russia, it touched off a wave of patriotism ...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there were periodic political tussles over its status between Moscow and Kyiv before Russia captured Crimea by force in 2014. Russia sent forces ...