The sea became a key battleground for fighting between Russia and Ukraine after Moscow invaded its neighbor in early 2022.

Russia's illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and ...

The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.

The fate of Crimea and four provinces where Russia has captured territory since invading Ukraine in 2022 was widely thought to be on the agenda of talks on Tuesday between U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Russian invaders are hiding their warships from Ukrainian Defense Forces' strikes in temporarily occupied Sevastopol. — ...

Russia's illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless, but it sent Moscow's relations with the West into a downward spiral ...

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. Sevastopol also was a preferred ...

Until October 2023, Sevastopol was the home port of Russia’s once-powerful Black Sea Fleet, but long-range Ukrainian drone and missile strikes forced Moscow to re-base surviving warships in mainland ...

The "governor" of the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev ... which allegedly shot down attack drones over the Black Sea. "The loud sounds that were heard were the air defense systems ...