Crimea

Ukraine

Ukraine strikes Kerch bridge in Crimea with underwater explosives

Kyiv has hit the Kerch bridge in Crimea, illegally built by Russia after the unilateral annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula. Ukraine’s Security Service released the video of the attack, showing the explosion underwater.

03/06/2025

World News

Crimea is Russia’s training ground for colonisation, Kyiv envoy says

There is one topic on which Kyiv and Moscow will never agree, and yet, for both sides, this point is of the utmost importance — Crimea. Olha Kuryshko, the Ukrainian president’s permanent representative in Crimea, told Euronews that Russia implemented its 2014 techniques on all occupied territories.

16/05/2025

USA

Trump claims Zelenskyy could be ready to give up Crimea to Russia

The US president blames his Democratic predecessors for Russia's illegal occupation of the Ukrainian territory, which he dismisses as a "giveaway".

28/04/2025

Europe News

Trump says 'Crimea will stay with Russia' in latest interview

Senior US officials have warned that the administration could soon give up attempts to stop Russia's war in Ukraine if Moscow and Kyiv do not come to an agreement.

25/04/2025

Ukraine

Mejlis leader: Kyiv was asked 'not to provoke Russia' over Crimea

Donald Trump’s claim that Ukraine didn't fight for Crimea 11 years ago "when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired" is both disrespectful and false, Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis told Euronews.

24/04/2025

Europe News

Zelenskyy slams Trump's claim he won't cede land to Russia for peace

Earlier on Wednesday, Trump lashed out at Zelenskyy, saying the Ukrainian leader is prolonging the 'killing field' after he pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a potential peace plan.

23/04/2025

Europe News

Brussels rejects Russian recognition of Crimea and sanctions relief

Disagreements between Brussels and Washington continue to deepen amid growing US pressure to strike a deal to end Russia's war on Ukraine.

23/04/2025

Europe News

US-Ukraine peace talks in London downgraded as Rubio skips meeting

The leadership in Washington is said to have been angered by Ukraine’s refusal to cede territory to Russia, as Kyiv reiterated once again that there are no peace talks before a complete ceasefire.

23/04/2025

Europe News

Ukraine's envoy warns of Russia's militarisation of occupied Crimea

Olha Kuryshko spoke to Euronews about repression, forced deportations and the transformation of the peninsula into a Russian military base.

11/03/2025

Europe News

Russian team arrives in Krasnodar as Kerch Strait oil spill spreads

The Kerch Strait is an important global shipping route, providing passage from the inland Sea of Azov to the Black Sea and has been a key point of conflict between Russia and Ukraine after Moscow annexed the peninsula in 2014.

13/01/2025

Europe News

More than 30 dolphins dead in Kerch Strait oil spill

Fuel oil spilled out of two tankers nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, about 250 kilometres from Sevastopol on the southwest of the occupied Crimean Peninsula.

06/01/2025

Europe News

Crimea officials declare emergency as oil spill reaches Sevastopol

Oil was found on four beaches in the region and was 'promptly eliminated' by local authorities working together with volunteers, the regional governor said.

05/01/2025

No Comment

More than a thousand birds saved from pollution in the Black Sea

Following the sinking of two Russian oil tankers during a storm in the Kerch Strait, volunteers and rescuers are actively taking part in the operation to clean up contaminated soil along the Black Sea coast.

26/12/2024

Europe News

FIFA apologises to Ukraine over Crimea map during 2026 World Cup draw

World football's governing body has removed the image omitting Crimea from Ukrainian territory, which Kyiv called an "unacceptable error".

16/12/2024

Europe News

Crimean Mejlis leader: No peace at the expense of Ukraine's integrity

Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, told Euronews that any peace agreement at the expense of Ukraine’s territorial concessions, in particular regarding Crimea, would be ‘an indulgence to the aggressor to destroy both the Ukrainian state and the Crimean Tatar people.'

20/11/2024

Europe News

Barroso calls for Ukraine support, but 'nobody believes it will get back Crimea'

In an exclusive interview with Euronews, José Manuel Durão Barroso recalls how EU leaders struggled to come up with a common response to Russia's invasion of Crimea and what Vladimir Putin told him in private.

13/11/2024

Europe News

Zelenskyy's 'victory plan': What’s the deal with Ukraine and NATO?

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented Ukraine's much-anticipated 'victory plan' at the parliament in Kyiv on Thursday. What is in there, what isn’t, and what does NATO have to do with all this?

17/10/2024

Ukraine

Moscow-built bridge to Crimea is unlawful, Ukraine claims in court

The €3.15-billion, 19-kilometre bridge built by Russia across the Kerch Strait after it annexed Crimea in 2014 is meant to enable the Kremlin to control Ukraine's Sea of Azov, Kyiv's legal representatives said in front of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

23/09/2024

Europe News

Zelenskyy calls for maximum support at Crimea summit

During the opening of the fourth summit of the Crimean Platform, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine became a target for Russia when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.

12/09/2024

Russia

'Crimea is Ukraine': EU slams 'elections' in Russia-occupied territory

Up to 83 elections were held throughout Russia and occupied Ukrainian territory over the weekend, with the results — strongly titled towards Moscow-approved candidates — expected to roll in by the end of September.

09/09/2024