World Aug 10 Ukraine's drone chief says push to cripple Russia in Crimea is just getting started By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press
Politics Apr 25 'Crimea will stay with Russia,' Trump says as he seeks end to war in Ukraine Crimea is a strategic peninsula along the Black Sea in southern Ukraine. It was seized by Russia in 2014, while President Barack Obama was in office, years before the full-scale invasion that began in 2022. By Illia Novikov, Associated Press
World Apr 23 Trump claims Zelenskyy is prolonging 'killing field' in Ukraine by refusing to cede Crimea to Russia Trump says the Ukrainian leader is prolonging the ‘killing field’ after Zelenskyy pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a potential peace plan. By Illia Novikov, Aamer Madhani, Jill Lawless, Associated Press
World Aug 07 Watch 6:52 How Ukraine is achieving success using U.S. weapons in Russian-occupied region of Crimea Russia says it's fighting raids by Ukrainian forces for a second day in the Kursk region. It appears to be one of the largest incursions into Russian territory in the war. The Ukrainian government has not claimed responsibility or acknowledged… By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Ethan Dodd
World Jun 23 As Russia hits Kharkiv with more deadly bombs, Ukrainian strikes kill 6 in Russia and Crimea Russian authorities said six people died and over 100 were wounded in Ukrainian drone and missile attacks on Sunday, while the second day of Russia's aerial bombing of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine killed at least one person. By Tom Williams, Elise Morton, Associated Press
Mar 26 Ukraine says a third of Russian warships in the Black Sea have been destroyed or disabled By Associated Press Ukraine's navy spokesman says that Ukrainian forces have sunk or disabled a third of all Russian warships in the Black Sea, a major blow to Moscow’s military capability as the war has dragged into a third year. Continue reading
Jan 05 Ukraine ramps up drone, missile attacks on Russia in new year war strategy By Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pledged to strike more targets on the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula and inside Russian border regions this year. Continue reading
Oct 24 Ukraine's leader says Russian naval assets are no longer safe in the Black Sea near Crimea By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the Russian fleet safe bases and secure maritime corridors in the western part of the Black Sea. Continue reading
Oct 04 Russia says it shot down Ukraine's largest drone attack of the war as concerns grow over Kyiv's weapons supplies By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press Ukraine is pressing on with a slow-moving counteroffensive it launched three months ago, even as uncertainty grows over the scale of the future supply of weapons and ammunition from its Western allies. Continue reading
Sep 25 Russia's Black Sea Fleet commander among 34 killed in a missile strike in Crimea, Ukraine says By Illia Novikov, Associated Press Ukraine's Special Operation Forces said on the Telegram messaging app that its strike on the main building of the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the port city of Sevastopol had wounded 105 people. Continue reading