Crimea

Ukrainian attacks leave Russian oil infrastructure ablaze, Crimea halts fuel sales

Videos from social media show fiery explosions at a port in the Kerch Strait late at night, with thick smoke surrounding what appear to be oil tanks. 

|ByCORINNE BAUM, REUTERS
Emergency services work on a damaged building, after Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram that Russian forces struck the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with glide bombs on Saturday, in this handout image, with the location given as Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine.
A Russian police officer stands guard at the scene following an overnight explosion at a multi-storey residential building in Sevastopol, Crimea, March 24, 2026.

Russian-held Crimea curbs the use of motorcycles, saying they sound like drones

"The moped noise hampers the work of defense systems. Their engines sound similar [to drones]," said an official regarding the temporary ban.

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A Ukrainian serviceman from the special police unit Hyzhak prepares a Gara, a Ukrainian multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with artificial intelligence elements, before flying it over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline in Donetsk.

Drones hit historic museum in Crimea as officials reduce nighttime trains for safety

Sevastopol's Russian-installed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on Telegram the museum's roof was hit. He did not provide details about the damage or whether there were any casualties.

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The Israeli police pointing towards the inside of a car.

Israel Police chief is right about the crime crisis, wrong to wait for software to fix it - opinion

Technology isn't the cure for crime. We must move beyond surveillance and restore sovereignty through physical presence and emergency powers.

|ByHAGGAI RESNIK

Russia has been inciting against Ukrainians in Crimea for years -study

Researchers analyzed 11 Russian-language online publications that wrote about Crimea, including RIA, KP, Realia, Russian Spring and others, from December 2020 to the end of May 2021.

JUNE 7, 2022ByROMAN MEITAV
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen broadcasting Russian TV news programs at a humanitarian aid distribution point during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 30, 2022.

Ukraine-Russia War: Russia readies 3rd line of defense in south Ukraine

Russia has reportedly brought 50-year-old T-62 tanks out of storage for battlefield usage.

MAY 27, 2022ByAARON REICH, REUTERS
Service members of pro-Russian troops drive a tank along a street past a destroyed residential building during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the town of Popasna in the Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine May 26, 2022.

Ukraine-Russia War: Sea of Azov now an inland Russian sea - Crimean speaker

With Russian control in huge swaths of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol, regions the Sea of Azov may soon be an inland Russian sea - if they can consolidate power.

MAY 20, 2022ByAARON REICH
The Sea of Azov (Illustrative).

Putin's Victory Day speech was just empty words

"I’m 78 years old and I didn’t believe that things would get so bad, that brothers would slaughter their own flesh and blood," a Ukrainian woman said.

MAY 11, 2022ByKSENIA SVETLOVA/THE MEDIA LINE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Victory Day parade in Moscow, May 2018

Russian negotiator says peace talks with Ukraine are ongoing - Ifax

Russia has used aging munitions in order to bombard Ukrainian towns with 'little or no regard for civilian casualties,' an intel report reads.

MAY 9, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Russian 9K37 Buk self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile launchers.

Russia ends Ukraine's blockade of Crimea

Crimea has been blockaded since 2014 when Russia illegally annexed the territory. 

MAY 6, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Russian Navy vessels are anchored in a bay of the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea May 8, 2014

Ukraine-Russia War: Russia tries consolidating power in occupied areas - GUR

The interior minister of the Luhansk People's Republic was arrested by Russia * A referendum may be set up in Russian-controlled Kherson to break away from Ukraine.

APRIL 21, 2022ByAARON REICH
Servicemen of pro-Russian militia hoist flags of Russia and the separatist self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) outside the Oschad bank branch in Stanytsia Luhanska in the Luhansk region, Ukraine February 27, 2022.

Russia-Ukraine war: Plight of Crimean Tatars foreshadows more war crimes - opinion

The Crimean Tatars, largely Muslims, trace their history in the Ukrainian peninsula back many centuries, most of which are marked indelibly by Russian oppression.

APRIL 19, 2022ByMARC SCHNEIER
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden stops to speak to reporters at Fort McNair Army Base in Washington, earlier this month, charging that Vladimir Putin is a war criminal and saying he’ll call for a war crimes trial.

Russian-controlled Crimea orders law to ban Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Crimea head Sergei Aksyonov also said that he ordered lawmakers to draft a law that would nationalize all property in Crimea belonging to Ukrainian oligarchs.

MARCH 30, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Russian navy vessel is anchored on the day of the first anniversary of the Crimean treaty signing in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, March 18, 2015.

8 years since contested Crimea referendum to join Russia

The background to this incident is highly complex, as are the many conflicting narratives regarding what, exactly, occurred. However, it continues to play a major role in the geopolitical landscape.

MARCH 17, 2022ByAARON REICH
A Russian navy vessel is anchored on the day of the first anniversary of the Crimean treaty signing in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, March 18, 2015.