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Crimea has been the symbol of the success of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But now the peninsula is becoming isolated as Kyiv intensifies its attacks.
Some European states are worrird after a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire Moscow might turn its firepower on them, so are building hundreds of miles of defensive wall.
Experts are predicting that Russia will try and interfere in the upcoming election in Moldova.
A second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine took place on June 2. Again both leaders were not present.
Russia’s push for territorial concessions is part of its wider agenda of extending its regional sphere of influence and threatening Europe.
Russia is becoming more reliant on naval support from China, limiting Moscow’s sea-power reach.
Russia is becoming more reliant on naval support from China, limiting Moscow’s sea-power reach.
If a peace deal isto be reached it’s important to understand why Russia wanted this war.
While Ukraine continues to suffer defeats on land, at sea it is inflicting heavy losses on Russia’s Black Sea fleet.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Since annexing Crimea ten years ago, Putin has set out to destroy non-Russian identities on the peninsular.
A spokesman claims that Crimean Tatars who are arrested by their Russian occupiers are beaten and tortured.
Russia has lost control of the Black Sea, which will have major implications for the war on land.
Ad-hoc crowdsourcing efforts amid the Ukraine war, initially intended as stop-gap measures to support an underfunded Ukrainian military, have since coalesced into major global fundraising campaigns.
Ukraine’s recent successes at sea and in Crimea create strategic opportunities in the Black Sea and, in the longer term, for the war on land.
Pressure is mounting on Joe Biden and Nato leaders to supply Kyiv with more – and long-range – weapons.
Two successful operations in and around Crimea demonstrate that, while Ukraine’s ground counteroffensive is moving slowly, Kyiv is expanding the scope of its ambition.
For President Zelenskyy and Ukraine’s citizens, the country’s quest for NATO and EU membership is about security – and identity.
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, reportedly died when a private jet he was said to be on crashed on Aug. 23, 2023, killing all 10 people on board.
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