occupied Crimea

Online video shows what protection of Crimean Bridge now looks like

A video that was described as showing multilayered protection of the illegally built Crimean Bridge on Oct. 4 appeared online on the Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+.

4 October, 10:45 PM

Ukraine can't return to normal life without Crimea – Zelenskyy

A full return of Ukrainians to normal life is impossible without the de-occupation of the Crimean Peninsula, the restoration of security, the protection of people, and adherence to basic principles of international law, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sept. 23 during the sixth summit of the International Crimea Platform.

24 September, 12:20 PM

Ukraine hits Russian Orion drone control station at Saky airfield

Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck a Russian ground control station for Orion reconnaissance and attack drones at the Saky military airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea on Sept. 17 and overnight into Sept. 18, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.

18 September, 05:15 PM

Ukraine strikes Crimean railway bridge, Russian command posts

Ukraine's Defense Forces struck a railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal near Vladyslavivka in occupied Crimea on Sept. 6 and overnight into Sept. 7. Russian forces use the crossing to support military logistics, according to Ukraine's General Staff.

7 September, 03:03 PM

Car bomb injures Russian officer in occupied Sevastopol

A car exploded with a Russian serviceman inside in temporarily occupied Sevastopol, Crimea, on Sept. 2, according to Telegram channel Crimean Wind.

2 September, 05:10 PM

Ukraine strikes Russian drone launch sites in Oryol, occupied Crimea and Donetsk

Ukraine's Defense Forces struck Russian drone launch sites, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported on Sept. 1.

1 September, 04:50 PM

Crimea to face dark, cold winter after Ukrainian strikes

Occupied Crimea now has only one major operational element left in its overall power system after a sustained campaign of Ukrainian airstrikes, according to an NV analysis published on Aug. 29.

31 August, 04:10 PM

Ukrainian strikes batter Crimea, exposing cracks in Kremlin’s ‘safe harbor’ — NV analysis

Three waves of crisis — energy, fuel and economic — have shattered the Kremlin’s central myth of Crimea as a safe harbor capable of shielding the peninsula from any problems.

29 August, 07:16 PM

Returning Crimean Tatars helped secure support for Ukrainian independence in Crimea

Tens of thousands of Crimean Tatars returned to their homeland in the final months of the Soviet Union and helped ensure that Crimea backed Ukrainian independence in the Dec. 1, 1991 referendum, Refat Chubarov, chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, told Radio NV.

28 August, 11:14 AM

Ukraine's General Staff confirms strikes on Russian command posts in Donetsk

Ukraine's Defense Forces struck the main and reserve command posts of Russian forces in occupied Donetsk on Aug. 26 and overnight into Aug. 27, according to the Ukrainian General Staff.

27 August, 03:15 PM

Satellite imagery shows fires near Russian positions outside Balaklava

Fires were detected on Aug. 15 at a Russian air defense position and at a site near Balaklava in occupied Crimea used to launch Iskander missiles, monitoring group Crimean Wind reported, citing satellite imagery.

15 August, 02:45 PM

Russian court detains woman over deadly explosion in occupied Sevastopol

A Russian court in occupied Sevastopol has ordered a woman suspected of organizing an explosion that killed a Russian serviceman to be held in custody for two months, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Aug. 14.

15 August, 12:40 PM

Ukraine's Defense Forces hit air traffic control tower at Saky air base in occupied Crimea

Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck Russian military targets in occupied Crimea on Aug. 12, including the air traffic control tower at the Saky airfield, according to the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ General Staff.

13 August, 05:04 PM

Four Russian pyrotechnicians and a guard killed in Sevastopol

Four pyrotechnicians from Russia’s Emergency Ministry and a security guard were killed while allegedly inspecting an area after what he described as a Ukrainian attack, the Russian-installed puppet governor of occupied Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, reported on Telegram on Aug. 13.

13 August, 04:18 PM

Fires hit water, power sites in occupied Crimea after drone attack

Fires were recorded near water and power supply facilities in temporarily occupied Crimea, near Sevastopol and in the Dzhankoi district, during a drone attack overnight into Aug. 13, according to the Telegram channel Crimean Wind.

13 August, 12:54 PM

Unmanned surface vessel reportedly attacks port in Russian-occupied Yalta

Reports emerged from Russian-occupied Yalta in Crimea on Aug. 7 of an attack involving unmanned surface vessels, while occupation authorities urged people to immediately leave beaches and waterfront areas.

7 August, 03:07 PM

Kremlin plans to oust longtime Russian-installed Crimea chief Aksyonov — ATESH

Officials in Moscow have made a final decision to remove Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-installed head of occupied Crimea who has held the post since 2014, and plan to blame him for a looming humanitarian catastrophe and failures to keep the peninsula supplied, the ATESH partisan movement reported on July 31.

31 July, 01:39 PM

Ukraine strikes Crimea gas facility, drone relay station

Ukraine's Defense Forces struck a Chornomornaftogaz facility, a ground relay station used to control strike drones in Crimea, and other Russian military targets overnight into July 26, Ukraine's General Staff reported.

26 July, 02:40 PM

Drone strikes spark fire, blackouts across occupied Crimea

Residents of temporarily occupied Crimea reported hearing drones and powerful explosions overnight into July 26, according to the Telegram channel Crimean Wind.

26 July, 12:04 PM

Russian milbloggers debunk Kremlin claims of safe Crimea supply highway — ISW

Russian milbloggers contradicted Kremlin claims of complete control over the critical M-14 Rostov–Crimea highway, confirming that Ukraine continues to hit targets along the land bridge, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on July 20.

21 July, 10:15 AM

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