Warning shots have been fired as a team of international military observers was turned back from entering Crimea. The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said that no-one was hurt in the incident at Armyansk. It was the third Warning shots have been fired as a team of international military observers was turned … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin is justifying intervention in Crimea partly by claiming that the Ukraine government is illegitimate and has no right to say whether Crimea can decide for itself whether it should secede. But he's got it backward These are just some tales from the field in Crimea, the embattled Ukrainian peninsula that's at … Read more
Ukraine's autonomous republic of Crimea wants Kiev to stay out of its business, and put its own house in order first, the Crimean parliament speaker has said, adding that local authorities can meanwhile take care of local Senior US officials dismissed claims that Washington is incapable of exerting influence on the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, … Read more
Crimea's local parliament voted unanimously to join Russia and announced a regional referendum in the Ukraine peninsula to decide the matter March 16, moves that have intensified the worst post-Cold War crisis between Moscow and the West. NATO Crimea's local parliament voted unanimously to join Russia and announced a regional referendum in the Ukraine peninsula … Read more
The Supreme Council of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea has dismissed the regional government, electing a pro-Russian party leader as its new chair. “We are constantly in touch with them,” Perepelitsa said, the Crimean information agency reported. “We protect the passengers inside the airport, and they do the same outside. If everything goes as peacefully … Read more
The parliament of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea has proposed a referendum to determine the region's future amid the turmoil in the country. In Simferopol, the regional capital of Crimea, men dressed in camouflage and carrying assault rifles moved into position at the international airport and a second airfield nearby. Their military uniforms bore no … Read more
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. A spokesman for Russia's Crimea-based Black Sea Fleet denied its forces were involved, but uniformed men with assault rifles, body armour and helmets were in evidence around Simferopol. They … Read more
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. Russia has launched snap military maneuvers near Ukraine's border and is playing an undefined role in the unrest in Crimea. Moscow has provided a stage for members of … Read more
"Thirteen Russian aircraft landed at the airport of Gvardeyskoye (near Simferopol) with 150 people in each one," Sergiy Kunitsyn, the Ukrainian president's special representative in Crimea, told the local ATR television channel, according to AFP. He The parliament of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea has proposed a referendum to determine the region's future amid the … Read more
The self-defense squads that raided Simferopol International Airport during the night have left the airport terminal, but are still patrolling the grounds outside. Airport security says the squads are helping to ensure safety. Crimea's ethnic composition and Western policy towards Ukraine could create a Kosovo-like scenario where the majority of Russian speaking residents would claim … Read more