As Ukrainian leaders vow to reclaim all territories seized by Russia, Moscow has prepared extensive defensive measures, particularly in Crimea, a region unlawfully annexed in 2014. This area ...

Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

The map highlighted Ukraine but did not include the Crimea peninsula as part of the country. Russia occupied and unilaterally annexed Crimea from Ukraine during its initial invasion in 2014.

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA apologized to the Ukrainian soccer federation for displaying a map during its World Cup qualifying draw that excluded Russia-occupied Crimea from the country’s territory.