Latest "Crimean peninsula" stories

US pledges longer-range ‘small-diameter bomb’ for Ukraine

The U.S. announced Friday it will send Ukraine the Boeing-made ground-launched small-diameter bomb, a weapon that can double its strike range.

7 weeks ago

Smoke billows after Russian attacks in the outskirts of Bakhmut, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022.

Ukraine must demilitarize, Russian foreign minister says

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned Ukraine must meet Moscow’s demand for “demilitarization” and the removal of the military threat to Russia.

3 months ago

Satellite images track new Russian military deployments near Ukraine

Maxar Technologies is monitoring the military developments surrounding tensions and cites several new Russian deployments in Crimea and in western Russia near the Ukraine border.

By Jessica Edwards

15 months ago

Putin confirms Russian exit from Open Skies Treaty

The Russian president signed a bill to withdraw from the treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities, following the U.S. exit from the pact.

22 months ago

As Russia tensions simmer, NATO conducts massive war games

The war games, dubbed Steadfast Defender 21, are aimed at simulating the 30-nation military organization’s response to an attack on any one of its members.

22 months ago

Russia’s northernmost base projects its power across Arctic

The Russian base was built using new construction technologies as part of Kremlin efforts to bolster the military amid spiraling tensions with the West following Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.

23 months ago