“I'll tell you something else, which military historians never realize: they call the Crimea a disaster, which it was, and a hideous botch-up by our staff and supply, which is also true, but what they don't know is that even with all these things in
A group of unidentified armed men in military uniforms raided Simferopol International Airport in the capital of the Crimean Autonomous Region, Ukraine. They have since left the airport terminal, but are still patrolling it from
Local ethnic Russian 'self-defense squads' have taken control of and raised Russian flags over the buildings of the Crimean parliament and government in the region's capital, Simferopol.
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Masked men with guns seized government buildings in the capital of Ukraine's Crimea region on Thursday, barricading themselves inside and raising the Russian flag after mysterious overnight raids that appeared to be the work of
With its multinational society and a long history of conquests, the Crimean peninsula has always been a crossroads of cultures – and a hotbed of conflicts.
Ukraine's Crimea lives in Russia's shadow: 5 things to know
