Amid reports that a U.S. peace proposal might include recognizing Moscow's illegal annexation of Crimea, President Donald Trump denied Ukraine was being pressured to accept the move — while also ...

The Crimean Peninsula is located in southern Ukraine, jutting out into the Black Sea. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started there in February 2014, when pro-Russian gunmen seized government buildings ...

The Crimean Parliament overwhelmingly approved a "declaration of independence of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea," saying it will declare total autonomy from Ukraine if voters opt to secede in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on law, brotherhood, and the romance of reunification in a speech to a joint session of Russia's parliamentary houses today, before joining Crimean leaders in a ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Europe’s top human rights court has ruled that Russia was responsible for a string of human rights violations in Crimea since overrunning and later illegally annexing the ...

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, Speaker of the Crimean legislature Vladimir Konstantinov, second left, Crimean Premier Sergei Aksyonov, left, and Sevastopol Mayor Alexei Chalyi, ...

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 ...

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday formally completed the annexation of Crimea, signing into law bills passed by the Russian parliament reclaiming the contested province from Ukraine.

FEODOSIA, Crimea - As former comrades saluted them from outside a base overrun by Russian forces, Ukrainian marines in Crimea piled into buses Tuesday to head back to the mainland. It was a low-key ...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat condemned the events taking place in Crimea and reiterated Malta's call for the full respect of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, while at the same time ...

Crimea, a peninsula jutting into the Black Sea, has become the focal point of escalating tensions between Russia and the West, sparking a fresh dispute between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian ...

It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning, I'm Renee Montagne. DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene. The West may not accept that Crimea is becoming part of Russia. Here's the reality: ...