Since the days of Catherine the Great, Crimea has functioned as a Russian military stronghold and a place for faraway Moscow to project its power into the Black Sea. Even when independent Ukraine controlled the territory, Russia kept a huge naval presence in Sevastopol, the peninsula’s biggest city.

Energy shortages have continued to plague Sevastopol, the largest city in Russian-controlled Crimea, following repeated, intensified Ukrainian strikes on the peninsula.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A general view of The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) building. Heise Kuhn/dpa The European Court of Human Rights is set to rule on Tuesday in a case concerning alleged Russian ...

US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to come to a negotiated settlement in the three-and-a-half-year-old conflict with Russia. “President Zelensky of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to ...

Drivers in Russian-controlled Crimea were grappling ⁠with gasoline rationing on ​Monday after Ukrainian drone attacks constricted road supplies ⁠across south-eastern Ukraine, Reuters witnesses and officials said.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- Russia is guilty of torturing, beating and numerous other human rights violations of Ukrainian nationals since it occupied Crimea in 2014, the European Court of Human ...

All the ballistic missiles launched by Russia struck their targets, underscoring Kyiv's need for more U.S. Patriot interceptor missiles, Ukraine officials say.