After abandoning her attempts to reform Russia’s legal and educational systems, Catherine turned instead to ruthless expansionism, taking part in the divisions of Poland while also detaching the ...

But what do the indigenous inhabitants of the peninsula, the Crimean Tatars, think about this plan? "We know all too well what Russia is like. It is a successor to the Soviet Union, which once ...

The Russians closed the Crimean Bridge to traffic on the night of 2-3 May. Quote: "Those on the bridge and in the inspection zone are asked to remain calm and follow instructions." Updated: At 04:49, ...

On the night of May 3, explosions erupted in occupied Crimea as Russians blocked the Crimean Bridge due to a missile threat, with the area soon becoming noisy. Explosions also occurred in Rostov and ...

In Ukraine, DW spoke to representatives of the Crimean Tatars, the original inhabitants of the peninsula, to find out what they think. "We know all too well what Russia is like. It is a successor to ...

Local publics report that loud explosions are heard near airfields and other military facilities. The Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported an attack on the Kacha and Belbek airfields, located near ...

"The Crimean Tatars are Europe's last descendants of the Mongol Tatar Turkic Golden Horde… direct Muslim and Turkic descendants of all these ancient races going back thousands of years," says ...

Following the ousting of Ukraine's pro-Russian president in 2014, Russia seized the peninsula Home to the Muslim Crimean Tatars for over 700 years, the region was absorbed into the Russian Empire ...