At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, having been at various times in its ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insists it must be returned as part of any truce and Russian President Vladimir ... such as Kherem or Kerem meaning "fortified place" or "wall," — a ...

Russian annexation In 2013-14 ... Those troops arrived in Crimea in uniforms without insignia, and Mr Putin soon called a vote on joining Russia that Ukraine and the West dismissed as illegal.