Twitter / Russian Embassy, SWE / Forum Mapping HU. A Twitter account operated by the Russian Embassy in Sweden posted a map identifying Crimea as part of Ukraine. Officially, Moscow claims Crimea, a peninsula of southern Ukraine that extends into the Black ...

With a sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia on Tuesday, describing the move as correcting past injustice and responding to what he called Western encroachment upon Russia’s vital interests. While his actions were ...

Sept 21 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone attack on a resort area of the Crimea peninsula killed three people and injured 16, the area's top official said, in an attack denounced by Moscow. Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-appointed head of Crimea, seized and ...

In the Black Sea near the coasts of occupied Crimea and the Caucasus, more than 950 points of active methane emissions have been detected, signaling an impending environmental disaster, according to the National Resistance Center.

FIFA has apologised for displaying a map during the qualifying draw for the 2026 World Cup that excluded Crimea from Ukraine's territory, which Kyiv had criticised as an "unacceptable error". During last week's draw, world football's governing body showed ...

Crimea has emerged as the central obstacle to ending the war in Ukraine. But for the strategic peninsula, being at the nexus of great power competition is nothing new. At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.

A reported plan by the United States to recognize Russia's control over Crimea as part of a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine has sparked anger for handing Russian President Vladimir Putin a victory regarding the peninsula he illegally annexed in 2014.