Crimea
Foreign vessel detained for illegally exporting grain via occupied Crimea. A pre-trial investigation has established that in November 2024, a cargo ship flying the flag of a foreign illegal state exported over 4,600 tons of wheat from the Sevastopol Sea Commercial Port, which had been officially closed by Ukraine. The grain was likely seized by Russia from the occupied territories […]
Russian security forces searched for weapons and books. During the search, a 75-year-old man became unwell. FSB officers conducted searches in four homes in the village of Ortalan (occupational name — Zemlyanychne) in Crimea. This was reported by the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov. “This time, the FSB punishers stormed the homes of Crimean […]
Today, February 26, we remember the events of 2014, when a rally of Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians took place in Simferopol in support of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and against Russian military aggression. At 11 a.m., the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people called on the residents of the peninsula to gather for a protest against separatism outside the Crimean parliament. […]
As reported by Krym.Realii, 370 politically motivated criminal prosecutions have been documented since Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, with 228 of these involving Crimean Tatars. The Crimean Tatar Resource Center reports this on its website. The KRC divides political prisoners and those persecuted into five subcategories: • Convicted and serving sentences in colonies: 176 people, of which 107 are […]
After the annexation of Crimea and the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the IAEA funded research by Russian scientists in Crimea, despite officially recognizing the peninsula as Ukrainian. In response to a request from Radio Free Europe, the IAEA stated that the agency continues to consider Crimea as part of Ukraine. The scientific projects supported by the IAEA were said […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the return of occupied Crimea to Ukraine is a requirement of international law. The return of Crimea to Ukraine is a requirement of international law. Turkey supports its territorial integrity, – Erdoğan says. As reported by Censor.NET, citing Anadolu, the Turkish leader made this statement during an address to participants of the fourth […]
According to Voice of Crimea, during a monitoring of cultural institutions in occupied Crimea, it was discovered that the Lesya Ukrainka Museum has ceased to exist. The building still displays Soviet-era security and memorial plaques commemorating Lesya Ukrainka’s stay there in the late 19th century. However, a new plastic plaque in front of the historic building now announces an exhibition […]
The Defense Forces launched a group missile strike on S-300 and S-400 air defense systems in Crimea. Last night, one enemy S-300 anti-aircraft missile battalion was hit by the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Belbek, and two S-400 anti-aircraft missile battalions were hit near Belbek and Sevastopol. The General Staff confirms hits in the target areas: two radars of the […]
Preliminarily, two ships were destroyed in occupied Crimea on the night of May 19, according to the spokesman of the Ukrainian Navy, Dmytro Pletenchuk. Context: Yesterday, the Ukrainian Navy reported the targeting of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s minesweeper, project 266-M “Kovrovets”. A minesweeper is a special-purpose ship, the task of which is to search for, detect and destroy sea […]
The AFU hit the large amphibious assault ship with a Neptune missile, the spokesman of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The large amphibious assault ship “Kostyantyn Olshansky” was hit with a “Neptune” missile. This was informed by the spokesman of the Naval Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Pletenchuk on the air of the FREEDOM TV channel. According to him, the extent of the damage to the ship is […]
As a result of Ukraine’s air strike in Sevastopol, occupied Crimea on March 24, 2024, another russian ship Ivan Khurs was damaged. As a result of the attack of the Defense Forces of Ukraine on the temporarily occupied Sevastopol on March 24, the reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs was damaged, reports the Russian Telegram channel Astra with reference to sources. On […]
Explosions were audible in occupied Crimea. Sources report damage to the russian S-300 air defense system near Saky. According to media, the attack was carried out on October 30, around 06:00 on a target in Saky district close to the village of Molochne. The air defense complex of Russia’s Defense Ministry is located in this area, near Yevpatoria in the west […]