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At the same time, Russian president Vladimir Putin discussed Ukrainian events with security chiefs, remarking that "we must start working on returning Crimea to Russia". On 27 February, Russian special forces without insignia [36] seized strategic sites across Crimea.
Ukrainian checkpoint at Kalanchak, entering Kherson Oblast from Russian-occupied Crimea.. On 16 March 2014, a referendum status of Crimea was held by Russia, where, according to official Russian data, 96.77% of the inhabitants of the (Autonomous) Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol voted for the reunification of the respective territories with the Russian Federation.
Occupied since 2014, Crimea was a base for the subsequent Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast and Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The Ukrainian government has not accepted responsibility for all of the attacks, although it did later claim responsibility for the strike on the naval headquarters. [8]
Russia’s defence ministry claims its forces have repelled what it described as a massive drone attack on Crimea by Ukrainian forces and that there were no casualties, Russian news agencies ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Monday squarely blamed the United States for an attack on Crimea with U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles that killed at least four people and injured 151, and Moscow ...
Dzhankoi is a critical rail and road hub in the supply network Russia has been using in its attack on Ukraine [52] and, along with its surrounding areas, has been described as the largest Russian military base in Crimea. [53] Ukraine holds the territory across the Dnieper River from Nova Kakhovka [54] (close to where the North Crimean Canal ...
Since then, Crimea has been promoted on Russian state media much as it was during the Soviet era, as a popular summer seaside destination — within Russia. Smoke rises after explosions Tuesday at ...
Transnistria – Transnistria's government asked the Russian government to make Transnistria become a part of Russia.Irina Kubanskikh, a spokeswoman for the Transnistrian parliament, said that the region's public bodies had "appealed to the Russian Federation leadership to examine the possibility of extending to Transnistria the legislation, currently under discussion in the State Duma, on ...