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Ukrainian forces launch an ATACMS missile bombardment on Sevastopol, Crimea, with missile fragments hitting a beach, killing five people and injuring at least 153 others of which 27 were children. Russia's ministry of defense says that it holds the United States responsible for the attack and vows that there will be a response.
2024-06-23

Russia says that it has shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimea.
2023-10-29

Ukraine says that it has recaptured from Russia four Black Sea oil platforms known as the Boyko Towers in Crimea.
2023-09-11

Two people are killed and more are missing after heavy flooding in Krasnodar region and annexed Crimea, Russia.
2022-06-26

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has thwarted two armed Ukrainian incursions into Crimea with at least two killed, including one FSB officer, following a "massive fire fight" with "sabotage-terrorist" groups. Ukraine denies the Russian claims.
2016-08-10

A Federal Security Service court in Russia sentences Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in prison for plotting terrorist acts in Crimea, amid allegations of torture and U.S. claims that he is being held hostage in Russia after having been abducted from Ukraine by Russian-backed separatists.
2015-08-25

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe suspends Russia's right to vote and take part in election observations as a consequence to its annexation of Crimea.
2014-04-10

The Russian Federation Council, the upper house of the Federal Assembly, approves the annexation of Crimea.
2014-03-21

Japan announces it will fall in line with American sanctions against Russia for its role in promoting the secession of Crimea from Ukraine.
2014-03-18

Reuters reports that armed men have seized a ferry checkpoint between Crimea and Russia.
2014-03-3