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Pro-Russian official Oleg Tsaryov is critically injured in an assassination attempt by unknown assailants in Crimea and is reported to be in intensive care.
2023-10-27

Russia says that it shot down two aerial drones over the north and west of Crimea.
2023-08-28

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

Russia accuses Ukraine of a drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea. The Russian-installed Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev says the Russian Navy repelled the attack, which he calls the "most massive" since the invasion began. Russia consequently suspends its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
2022-10-29

Russian Major general Rustam Minnekayev says that the goal of the military operation is now to seize territory in Southern Ukraine in order to create a land corridor from Crimea to Ukraine's border with Transnistria, a pro-Russian unrecognized breakaway state that is internationally recognized as part of Moldova.
2022-04-22

The United States expresses a "deep concern" over Bulgarian President Rumen Radev's remarks, where he referred to Crimea as "Russian". Radev has expressed his views of maintaining "pragmatic ties" with Russia. The statement by the United States comes after Ukraine summoned the Bulgarian ambassador to Kyiv three days ago.
2021-11-22

The United States imposes retaliatory measures against Russia in response to the 2020 United States federal government data breach, its interference in the 2020 United States elections, and the occupation of and human rights abuses in Crimea. The U.S. bans trade in bonds newly issued by Russia's Central Bank, National Wealth Fund, and Ministry of Finance, formally names the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service as responsible for the data breach, blacklists 32 Russian entities and individuals, and expels ten Russian diplomats. Russia denies these allegations. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons the U.S. ambassador to inform him that "a series of retaliatory measures will follow soon". A spokesperson for the ministry also says that a potential summit between both countries' leaders may not take place.
2021-04-15

Russia deploys a second anti-air S-400 missile battalion in Crimea.
2018-01-13

Ukraine starts a missile test near Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, while Russia puts its air-defense and naval forces in the region on high alert.
2016-12-1

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