In occupied Crimea, a new administrative hierarchy is taking shape, where participation in the war has become a decisive factor for career advancement. This could significantly change the nature of governance on the peninsula,

Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War. It also paved the way for Russia’s full-scale ...

Russian invasion forces are reinforcing their units on the Dnipro River front with new crews of drone operators trained at facilities in temporarily occupied Crimea. — Ukrinform.

In temporarily occupied Crimea today, November 19, local residents heard explosions during the day. Russian propagandists claim that the peninsula was attacked by missiles, according to Krymskii Veter on Telegram.

A wave of coordinated drone strikes by Ukrainian Special Operations Forces on November 5–6, 2025, marked a turning point in the ongoing conflict over Crimea. Targeting major fuel depots in the Russian-occupied peninsula,

According to the Coordination Headquarters, in Donetsk region the Russians mobilized 5,368 Ukrainians; in Luhansk region – 4,650; in Zaporizhzhia region – 560; in Kherson region – 478. In Crimea, 35,272 people were mobilized, and in Sevastopol – another 5,368.

Russia has forcibly mobilized 46,327 Ukrainians who lived in the temporarily occupied territories. Most of those conscripted into the Russian military came from Crimea, stated Dmytro Usov, secretary of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War,

Limp Bizkit will not head to Estonia next year, with the band’s show in the Baltic capital of Tallinn canceled after Fred Durst ’s old pro- Russia comments resurfaced online.