Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 followed Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity and the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych ...

Before the invasion, Zelenskyy focused on diplomatic efforts to get Crimea back, but after Russian troops poured across the border, Kyiv began publicly contemplating retaking the peninsula by force.

Russia illegally seized the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014. A look at the peninsula in the Black Sea, coveted by both Russia and Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin’s aide, Vladimir Medinsky, who is leading Russia’s delegation, is considered to be one of the key ideologists of Russia’s full-scale invasion and its 2014 annexation of Crimea ...

Russia hoped to overthrow Ukraine's pro-Western government, but Moscow's war has dragged on for more than three years.

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.

Before the invasion, Zelenskyy focused on diplomatic efforts to get Crimea back, but after Russian troops poured across the border, Kyiv began publicly contemplating retaking the peninsula by force.