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Mar 17, 2024 · Russia’s occupation of Crimea began in 2014, shortly after the events of the Maidan Revolution in Ukraine.
Aug 16, 2022 · Early in the war, Russian troops surging from Crimea seized swaths of the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions that remain the key to Russia’s occupation of southern Ukraine.
Aug 23, 2023 · KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Wednesday to end Russia's occupation of Crimea, and deflected criticism of Kyiv's handling of a grinding counteroffensive.
Feb 28, 2023 · NBC News took a rare trip inside Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2014 and now a target for Ukraine ahead of new offensives.
Under Russia, the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea was replaced by the Republic of Crimea, though the legitimacy of the latter is scarcely recognized internationally. The occupation began during Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, which ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych.
Feb 16, 2022 · Russia has announced it is withdrawing troops from Crimea, on Ukraine's southern border. Ukraine still shares an eastern border with Russia and Belarus, Moscow's ally, to the north.
