After Ukrainian independence in 1991, most of the peninsula was reorganised as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The Soviet fleet in Crimea was in contention, but a 1997 treaty allowed …

Dec 1, 2025 · Crimea, autonomous republic, southern Ukraine. The republic is coterminous with the Crimean Peninsula, lying between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. In 2014 Russia …

Mar 18, 2025 · Crimea, which juts out into the Black Sea off southern Ukraine, was absorbed into the Russian Empire along with most ethnic Ukrainian territory by Catherine the Great in the …

Aug 19, 2025 · Crimea’s unique location makes it a strategically important asset, and Russia has spent centuries fighting for it. The peninsula was home to Turkic-speaking Tatars when the …

Aug 18, 2025 · Ahead of its full-scale invasion, Moscow deployed troops and weapons to Crimea, allowing Russian forces to quickly seize large parts of southern Ukraine early in the war.

4 days ago · Occupied Crimea came under a series of drone and missile attacks on the evening of December 13, with explosions reported across the peninsula for about two hours.

Ukraine's HUR military intelligence service has carried out what officials describe as the largest single-day strike on occupied Crimea since 2023, using its Prymary drone unit, known by the …

The Republic of Crimea[b] is a republic of Russia, comprising most of the Crimean Peninsula, but excluding Sevastopol. [12] Its territory corresponds to the pre-2023 [13] territory of the …

Apr 26, 2025 · It has been 11 years since Russia took control of Crimea but Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has put the peninsula back in the global spotlight. Here's what you need to know.

1 day ago · While the takeover of Crimea was nearly bloodless, the situation in eastern Ukraine quickly descended into a state of open warfare that claimed more than 10,000 lives over the …