Following explosions yesterday at the Saki air base on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula, local authorities declared a state of emergency in the neighboring region Crimea’s Russian-appointed governor, Sergei Aksyonov, said, according to the Interfax news agency, that at least 252 residents of the neighboring town of Novofyodorovka would be moved to emergency shelters. According to […]
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Zelensky: The war with Russia must end with the liberation of Crimea
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech last night that the war with Russia will not end until the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, is liberated. “Crimea is Ukrainian and we will never leave it,” he said. “The Black Sea region cannot be secure as long as Crimea is […]
Russia: The grain harvest in Crimea is at record levels
Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, harvested more than 2 million tonnes of grain before it underwent drying and cleaning – its biggest harvest since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the local agriculture ministry said today. It is Crimea’s biggest harvest since Soviet times, when the harvest reached 2.2 million tons of grain in […]
Medvedev: ‘Systemic threat’ for Moscow, the non-recognition of Russian sovereignty in Crimea by Ukraine and NATO member countries,
The refusal of Ukraine and NATO member states to recognize Moscow’s authority in Crimea constitutes a “systemic threat” to Russia, former president Dmitry Medvedev said today. Russia seized the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 after protests toppled a Moscow-backed Ukrainian president. At the time, Moscow supported the separatists in the Donbas […]
Rising shipments from Crimea suggest Russia is stealing grain from Ukraine
Russian-occupied Crimea is sending more than 50 times the volume of food it usually does this time of year, likely indicating that stolen Ukrainian grain is being shipped abroad, according to Bloomberg citing analysts and the School of Economics of Kyiv (KSE). Around 462,200 tons of agricultural products, such as grains, vegetable oils, pulses, etc., […]
Medvedev: If NATO moves against Crimea, World War II will break out
Any move by a member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization against Crimea would be tantamount to a declaration of war on Russia and could lead to “World War III,” said former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “For us, Crimea is part of Russia. And that means forever. Any attempt to invade Crimea is a […]
The Ukrainians attacked an oil rig in Crimea
Ukrainian forces attacked a drilling rig in the Black Sea owned by a Crimean oil and gas company, the Tass news agency reported today, citing local officials. This attack is the second blow in a week. The platform is operated by Chernomorneftegaz, which was seized by Russian-backed officials from Ukraine’s national gas company Naftogaz as […]
Ukraine threatens to destroy Kerch Bridge in Russian-annexed Crimea
Ukraine appeared to threaten again on Thursday to target the bridge over the Kerch Strait in Crimea, announcing details of its construction. The Ukrainian military intelligence service has released a 300-page document containing official Russian plans to build a bridge on the Russian-annexed peninsula. The authenticity of the document cannot be verified independently. The document […]
Monkey referendums from Russia’s war manual: First Crimea, Donbass and now Kherson
Russian troops have taken control of a council in the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson as they prepare to conduct a poll on the future of the wider region, urging people to vote for its “independence”. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the plan a “fake referendum.” It’s a move straight out of Russia’s war […]
Russia’s state television cuts Putin’s speech – ‘Technical failure’, Kremlin says
Russian state television has cut short a broadcast of a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the crowded Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, marking the eighth anniversary of the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea to the Russian Federation. Putin’s interrupted speech was replaced by “patriotic songs,” according to Reuters. Here’s video of Putin […]