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  2. Crimean offensive - Wikipedia

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    The Crimean offensive (8 April – 12 May 1944), known in German sources as the Battle of the Crimea, was a series of offensives by the Red Army directed at the German-held Crimea. The Red Army's 4th Ukrainian Front engaged the German 17th Army of Army Group South Ukraine , which consisted of Wehrmacht and Romanian formations. [ 5 ]

  3. Dnieper–Carpathian offensive - Wikipedia

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    Crimea is a horticulture and viticulture district. The iron ore development of the Kerch Peninsula is important. In the Crimea there are 4 large ports: Sevastopol, Feodosiya, Kerch, Yevpatoria. The capture of the right-bank Ukraine and the Crimea would open the doors for the Red Army troops to Poland, Slovakia, Romania and the Balkans. It would ...

  4. German occupation of Crimea during World War II - Wikipedia

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    According to the Nazis, these Goths had existed long enough to intermingle with the later Crimea Germans, [4] settlers who began arriving as part of the migrations of the late-18th century with the support of the German-born Russian Empress Catherine the Great. Later, Mennonites began arriving from Russia and Ukraine proper. [5] [failed ...

  5. Transfer of Crimea to Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    In 1994, a Russian nationalist administration under Yuriy Meshkov took over in Crimea with the promise to return Crimea to Russia, although these plans were later shelved. [27] In a 1997 treaty between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, Russia recognized Ukraine's borders, and accepted Ukraine's sovereignty over Crimea. [28]

  6. Ukraine-Russia mapped: How battle lines compare to pre-war ...

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    Russia currently occupies a little under 20 per cent of Ukraine, including parts of four regions of mainland Ukraine, as well as the Crimean peninsula. Mr Putin first invaded Ukraine in 2014, when ...

  7. File:Map of Russia and Crimea.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: Map of Russia including internationally-unrecognized illegally-annexed Ukrainian territories under Russian occupation, with Crimea in red. Русский: Карта Республики Крым на карте России, 2022

  8. Russo-Ukrainian War - Wikipedia

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    In February 2015, Russia and Ukraine signed the Minsk II agreements, but they were never fully implemented in the years that followed. The Donbas war became a static conflict. Beginning in 2021, there was a massive Russian military buildup near Ukraine's borders, including within neighbouring Belarus. Russian officials repeatedly denied plans ...

  9. Crimea - Wikipedia

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    Following Russia's largely unrecognized annexation of Crimea, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, and several other countries (including Ukraine) imposed economic sanctions against Russia, including some specifically targeting Crimea. Many of these sanctions were directed at individuals—both Russian and Crimean.