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While considering objections in the case brought by Ukraine to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Russia tries to influence the court and make it consider the case on their own terms instead of jurisdiction issues. This was announced by Olena Zerkal, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the European Integration and Agent of Ukraine in […]

Highest number of illegal detentions since Crimea was annexed recorded in March. The Crimean Tatar Resource Center recorded the highest number of illegal detention cases in Crimea since the peninsula was annexed by Russia – 40 in total, said Eskender Bariyev, head of the Center, presenting the analysis of human rights violations in Crimea in the first quarter of 2019. […]

The hotel owner who introduced the rule shortly after the annexation of Crimea five years ago went through a series of court trials to finally get the decision by the highest court issued in his support. “Crimea is Ukraine” is a mandatory statement for Russian guests wishing to stay at the Brioni Boutique Hotel in the Czech Ostrava. The hotel […]

Konstantin Mashovets on the coastal defense in the occupied Crimea and gives a detailed analysis of land component of the Russian forces The key defense element of the Russian forces in Crimea is the 22nd Army Corps – a unit of the Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy. The corps and its headquarters are located and managed in the city […]

Russian President Putin personally led the seizure of the Ukrainian Crimea. Sergey Aksenov, head of the Crimea occupational government, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had personally guided the seizure of the peninsula. Aksenov said this during the festivities dedicated to the 5th anniversary of Crimea annexation. According to him, Crimea became a “part of the Russian Federation” thanks to […]

Russian servicemen will teach Crimean schoolchildren how to use weapons. Russian occupiers created the “House of Yunarmiya” at the premises of the city House of Officers, where . The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that “the military-patriotic center was established in accordance with the decision of the Minister of Defense of Russia”. “Schoolchildren of Sevastopol, who […]

Russia has taken at least a million archaeological artifacts out of the annexed Crimea since 2014. This was stated by representative of the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine Serhiy Mokrenyuk. “At a minimum, one million artifacts have been transported from Crimea to the Russian Federation,” Mokrenyuk said. According to him, the Ukrainian Ministry records […]

Five years of Russian aggression. Ukrainians have learned what hybrid war is: Russia attacks on all fronts, using various means and methods. However, the possibility of full-scale operations cannot be disregarded either. What is the current situation? Representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vadym Skibitsky commented on it in an interview to Obozrevatel. […]

The number of military equipment on Crimea peninsula and around it exceeds all permissible limits, diplomat Volodymyr Yelchenko says. Russia has deployed more military forces in the annexed Crimea than during the Soviet times. This opinion was expressed by the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko. According to him, now the number of military equipment in […]

The Kerch Strait bridge was not completed even for the elections of 2018, and in fact it was initially obvious that this was an element of Putin’s election agitation.

The Russian invaders overtook yet another symbol of Crimea – cape Fiolent, blogers say.

Crimeans, who are invited to participate in the jury in Russia-controlled courts on the peninsula, as well as during the conscription into the Russian army, are forced to renounce Ukrainian citizenship.