Explainer-Where Is Crimea and Why Is It Contested?
The United Nations General Assembly, the United States and many other countries condemned the annexation, and the U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia over its moves. Few countries ...
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Turkey faces 'geography’s revenge' in Crimea
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The Ukraine War Cannot End With A Russian Crimea
The Crimean Peninsula, located at the northern center of the Black Sea, dominates the region’s geography—hence Putin’s unlawful seizure in 2014. With Crimea, Russia effectively controls the ...
Where is Crimea and why is it contested?
The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.