Stuck in the middle of Ukraine and Russia, wedged between Putin and Zelensky, claims to the Crimea began centuries before the two presidents were alive. But what makes this peninsula so valuable?

"Nobody is asking (President Volodymyr) Zelensky to recognize Crimea as Russian territory, but if he wants Crimea, why didn't they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia ...

“They’re Russian speaking ... ratify a transfer of territory — to make Crimea part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Historian William Taubman, in his Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

More recently, he also claimed that "Crimea will stay with Russia," especially since it was "it was handed to them by Barack Hussein Obama." The simplification is striking and deserves attention.

Former CIA Director William Burns has said there was a real risk in late 2022 that Russia could use nuclear weapons against Ukraine, an assertion dismissed by Moscow. Putin, a former KGB ...

Former CIA Director William Burns has said there was a real risk in late 2022 that Russia could use nuclear weapons against Ukraine, an assertion dismissed by Moscow. Putin, a former KGB ...

North Korea’s support of Russia in 2014 is another good illustration. Pyongyang considered the Crimea referendum to be legitimate, calling it a “reunification,” and voted against the U.N ...

Even Ukraine’s staunchest allies sometimes waver, tempted to suggest that Kyiv concede Crimea to Russia as the long-running war there wages on. They often fall prey to a persistent myth ...

"Our people will never trust the Russian empire," says Seydamet Mustafayev, a refugee from Crimea, who speaks of a 'peninsula of fear.' "I don't see any peace agreement with Vladimir Putin.

Former CIA Director William Burns has said there was a real risk in late 2022 that Russia could use nuclear weapons against Ukraine, an assertion dismissed by Moscow. Putin, a former KGB ...

Description: Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on the Russian-occupied Crimea on the night of May 1-2. Footage released by a Crimean handle called ‘CrimeanWinds’ showed that a Russian ...

If the White House recognizes Russia’s annexation of the militarily occupied region of Crimea as part of a Ukraine peace deal, that would strike at a central pillar of the UN Charter and ...