Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless.

Crimea’s unique location makes it a strategically important asset, and Russia has spent centuries fighting for it. Crimea was home to Turkic-speaking Tatars when the Russian empire first annexed ...

coveted by both Russia and Ukraine for its naval bases and beaches: Crimea’s unique location makes it a strategically important asset, and Russia has spent centuries fighting for it. Crimea was ...

FILE - People watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech after signing treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia in the Moscow's Kremlin, during a meeting in Sevastopol ...

Youths mark the ninth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine with a banner reading, ‘Russia doesn't start wars, it ends them,’ in 2023 (Copyright ...

For Kyiv, Crimea had been a strategic asset, too. By the time Russia annexed it in 2014, it had been a part of Ukraine for 60 years and had become part of the country’s identity. Leonid Kravchuk ...

Artem Lysak, an Emmy-winning journalist, risked his freedom to report undercover from Russia-occupied Crimea -- navigating FSB interrogations, surveillance fears, and the constant threat of arrest ...