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Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill, declares emergency in Crimea

January 05, 2025 1:55 am

The Kerch Strait runs between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and separates Crimea's Kerch Peninsula from Russia's Krasnodar region.

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Ukraine says Russian submarine and anti-aircraft missile system destroyed in Crimea

August 03, 2024 7:42 pm

Simultaneously, a barrage of attacks targeted an S-400 missile system, resulting in severe damage to four launchers.

Russia promises retaliation against US for Ukraine strike on Crimea

June 25, 2024 6:19 am

The war in Ukraine has deepened a crisis in relations between Russia and the West, and Russian officials have said the conflict is entering the most dangerous escalation to date.

Russia says US is responsible for deadly Ukrainian attack on Crimea

June 23, 2024 9:37 pm

Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and now views the Black Sea peninsula it as an integral part of its territory, though most of the world considers it still as part of Ukraine.

Fire at military base in Crimea forces evacuations, highway closure, says report

July 19, 2023 11:10 am

Russia's Telegram channels linked to Russian security services and Ukrainian media reported that an ammunition depot was on fire at the base after Ukrainian overnight air attack.

This photo released by Ostorozhno Novosti on Monday, July 17, 2023, reportedly shows damaged parts of an automobile link of the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait not far from Kerch, Crimea.

Watch: Section of Crimean bridge road split and sloping

July 17, 2023 12:49 pm

Ferry traffic between the Crimean peninsula and Russia has been suspended following an incident overnight on the Crimean bridge, Russia's transport ministry said.

Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland has been halted amid reports of explosions.

Russia says Ukrainian attack on Crimea Bridge kills two, orphaned daughter injured

July 17, 2023 1:06 pm

The health ministry in Russia's Krasnodar region, which lies at the eastern end of the bridge, said two people were killed in an unspecified accident on the bridge and their daughter was injured.

Ukraine hits bridge linking Crimea to mainland in blow to Russian supply route

June 22, 2023 5:14 pm

Vladimir Saldo, the head of the Russian-installed administration in occupied parts of Ukraine's Kherson province, released a video of himself on the Chonhar road bridge, where craters had been blasted through the asphalt

Russia says top UN court should dismiss Ukraine's case over Crimea and terrorism funding

June 08, 2023 4:36 pm

Ukraine filed the case , asking the world court to order Moscow to pay reparations for attacks and crimes such as the shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 by a Russian missile.

Damage to the Crimea Bridge Has Created a Long Wait for Cargo Trucks Heading to Russia

October 14, 2022 2:26 pm

The images captured Wednesday by Maxar Technologies, a U.S.-based space technology company, show substantial backlogs at the ferry port of Kerch in Crimea, the peninsula Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.