Washington-brokered negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine have largely boiled down to a diamond-shaped peninsula about the size of Massachusetts. Crimea had been contested for centuries by ...

Explosions were heard in several districts of occupied Crimea on the morning of May 16. Allegedly, the Russian air defense ...

After refusing Russian passports, Ukrainians who left Crimea are losing their homes to forced sales. Rights groups say Russia ...

At the time, the city was Constantinople. "Before the British had their empire ... the Italians settled all around the coast of the Black Sea, and they traded in the hinterlands with all the tribes ...

Russia kept a foot in the door, however: Its Black Sea Fleet had a base in the city of Sevastopol, and Crimea — as part of Ukraine — continued to host it. By the time Russia annexed it in 2014 ...

Recognizing Crimea as part of Russia would put the Trump ... Russia has had a major naval base in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol for over 200 years. A dispute over that facility and the ...

ROME (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday called for Ukraine and Russia to meet for “very high level talks,” saying they ...

Russia kept a foot in the door, however: Its Black Sea Fleet had a base in the city of Sevastopol, and Crimea — as part of Ukraine — continued to host it. By the time Russia annexed it in 2014 ...