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Ukraine says that it damaged the Russian tanker "Sig" in a naval drone attack in the Black Sea near the Crimean Bridge.
2023-08-5

Eight construction workers are killed near Sevastopol, Crimea, in an overnight fire at a barracks.
2023-02-2

Ukrainian Navy forces strike Russian Navy patrol boat "Vasily Bykov" with missiles in the Black Sea.
2022-03-7

Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners on a "35-to-35" basis, including Oleg Sentsov, Mykola Karpyuk, Olexandr Kolchenko, Roman Sushchenko, and 24 Ukrainian Navy sailors detained by Russia during the 2018 Kerch Strait incident. The exchange includes Kirill Vyshinsky. The Dutch government says it "seriously regrets" that Volodymyr Tsemakh is included in the swap. U.S. President Donald Trump lauds the move as "perhaps a first giant step to peace."
2019-09-7

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Crimea for the first time since the annexation, arriving in Sevastopol for Victory Day celebrations.
2014-05-9

Russian troops capture Novofedorivka, an airbase of the Ukrainian Navy in the western region of the Crimean Peninsula.
2014-03-22

Transnistria formally requests to join the Russian Federation.
2014-03-18

Armed men – thought to be Russian – attempt to seize a Ukrainian military base in Sevastopol, withdrawing soon afterwards.
2014-03-7

President Barack Obama signs an executive order placing sanctions and visa bans on people that contributed to the current crisis in Crimea.
2014-03-6

The commander of the Ukrainian frigate "Hetman Sahaydachniy" reportedly confirms that the ship never defected to Russia as reported in Russian media.
2014-03-3