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Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) has destroyed two Russian Mi-8 helicopters and a struck tugboat in occupied Crimea, the agency reported on Sept. 1. Drones struck the Hvardiiske military air base ...

It has been 11 years since the Crimean Peninsula fell under the control of Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's recent rejection of recognising Crimea as part of Russia's territory has ...

It was in Crimea where the current war in Ukraine began. Starting in February 2014, Russian special operators and Wagner Group mercenaries—the infamous “Little Green Men”—invaded the Crimean Peninsula ...

KYIV, Ukraine—One of the central points of tension in President Trump’s strained efforts to end the war in Ukraine is a Black Sea peninsula that Russian President Vladimir Putin has placed at the ...

Ukraine’s government wants to restore the country’s frontier to where it was before Russia launched its first invasion more than a decade ago. The U.S. defense secretary said that was “unrealistic.” ...