EADaily, December 17th, 2025. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Ukraine itself gave Crimea to Russia in 2014 and that Ukrainians were not even going to fight for the peninsula.

As Ukrainian, American, and European officials meet in London to discuss a U.S. peace plan that includes recognizing Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, experts warn that formally giving Crimea up to Russia would breach international law and ...

The Crimean Peninsula, which Russia took from Ukraine in 2014., is the focal point of the most serious East-West conflict since the Cold War. It was widely believed that the fate of Crimea, and four provinces in which Russia has taken territory since it ...

EADaily, . Nothing Zelensky will not succeed — neither To return Crimea, nor to ensure Ukraine's accession to NATO, is "a million percent," assured presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.

Crimea was seized by Vladimir Putin during his first invasion of Ukraine in 2014, as he announced that the land grab was backed by its population - Sean Gallup/Getty Images Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Ukraine could result in the US moving to ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Jason Riley, Bill McGurn and Dan Henninger. Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Image The success of Ukraine’s counterattacks into Crimea may be the strongest argument for allowing Kyiv to fire long ...

Russia's illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow's relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War. It also paved the way for Russia’s full-scale invasion of ...

Through her ceramics, Crimean Tatar artist Elvira Demerdzhi finds moments of calm and a sense of home amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The Crimean Parliament overwhelmingly approved a "declaration of independence of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea," saying it will declare total autonomy from Ukraine if voters opt to secede in Sunday's referendum vote. Although the move is ostensibly a ...

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 call sign "Ghosts.