Russia’s illegal seizure of Crimea from Ukraine 11 years ago was quick and bloodless. But Kyiv and most of the world never ...

Why does Russia want the Crimea? The fight for power in the Black Sea - Why is a peninsula in Eastern Europe at the centre of ...

Crimea is home to Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, key airbases, and logistics hubs crucial for operations in southern Ukraine. Control over the peninsula enhances Russia's capacity to disrupt ...

Sevastopol, the Russian Black Sea Naval Base was established shortly thereafter. In the Crimean War, 1853-1856, more than a half-million people died when rival geopolitical power Russia and the ...

Russia's Black Sea naval base at Sevastopol was founded soon afterwards. More than half a million people were killed in the Crimean War of 1853-56 when competing geopolitical powers Russia and the ...

Russia could strike Nato with nuclear weapons, a key Putin ally warned, as he hit out at Sweden and Finland joining the ...

Shortly after, Russia established its Black Sea naval base at Sevastopol, solidifying its strategic presence in the region. The peninsula's strategic importance has led to repeated conflicts, most ...

Shortly after, Russia established its Black Sea naval base at Sevastopol, solidifying its ... most notably the Crimean War of 1853-56. This devastating conflict, which claimed over half a million ...

An episode of the Crimean War, ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’ detail ... Ever since Catherine the Great incorporated Crimea into Tsarist Russia in 1783, Crimea has hosted at Sevastopol the ...