The Kabul airlift began on August 14 and concluded on August 30, leaving a number of Americans – and many more Afghans who had helped them during the 20-year occupation – behind in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. President Joe Biden still praised it as an “extraordinary success” and claimed no nation has …
Read More »The US has no right to lecture Russia over Crimea while it wholeheartedly backs Israel’s illegal occupation of Syria’s territory
The US and its allies have led the charge in the UN to condemn Moscow for the 2014 move that saw it reassert its historic control over the disputed peninsula. A measure that clearly had the support of an overwhelming majority of locals, which has been proven by subsequent American …
Read More »‘There’s no novelty here’: Putin refuses to get shirty over Ukraine Euro 2020 kit with Crimea on front
The Ukraine football team outraged some figures in Russia when they unveiled their new set of kits for the upcoming Euro 2020 tournament over the weekend. The front of the shirts features an outline of a map of Ukraine which includes Crimea, even though the peninsula is part of Russia …
Read More »Overwhelming majority of Russians believe Crimea is legally part of country, including those who don’t support Putin, poll reveals
That’s according to a new poll from the Levada Center, which has revealed that the events of seven years ago enjoy support even from those who disapprove of President Vladimir Putin. The Levada Center is registered as a foreign agent by the country’s Ministry of Justice. Crimea was re-absorbed into …
Read More »Russian troops depart Crimea for home bases after exercises, potentially signaling end to border standoff with Ukraine (VIDEO)
Footage released by the Ministry of Defense showed tanks being loaded onto amphibious landing ships after taking part in exercises on the Crimean coast. Other shots featured soldiers loading armored vehicles for transport. On Thursday, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that personnel deployed in the west and south of …
Read More »US should stay clear of Crimea & Black Sea ‘for its own good,’ says Moscow’s deputy FM, as American warships move closer to Russia
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told journalists that there is “absolutely nothing” that requires the Americans’ presence near his country’s Black Sea shore, accusing the White House of trying to provoke Moscow. “Provocative in the literal sense of the word: they are testing our strength, playing on our nerves. …
Read More »Seven years after Crimea rejoined Russia, Western leaders are fooling themselves if they hope peninsula can ever return to Ukraine
“Crimea is ours!” Seven years ago this week, that cry resounded across Russia, following what people in the West call the “annexation” of Crimea but what Russians prefer to call the “reunification” of Russia and Crimea. The annexation/reunification, or “reabsorption,” if you prefer, had serious ramifications. For Ukraine, they were …
Read More »Kiev’s Christmas gift to Crimea: Ukraine pledges to sabotage Russian efforts to avert humanitarian crisis amid water shortages
In many parts of the peninsula, water is issuing from taps for only six hours a day. Crimea has experienced water shortages since 2014, when the Ukrainian government built a dam on a canal that had previously provided around 85 percent of the area’s water. The canal was constructed by …
Read More »Daily: the Russian ships opened fire on headed for Crimea, NATO ships
NATO ships tried to approach the territorial waters of Crimea, suddenly received a harsh warning from the Navy of the Russian Federation – the shooting started did not allow the ships of the military Alliance even to approach the Russian borders and this is one of the most violent reactions …
Read More »The UN Secretary-General said about human rights violations in Crimea
We are talking about documented new violations by Russia of international humanitarian law. UN Secretary-General, antónio Guterres, released a report, which reported on human rights abuses in annexed Crimea. About it on Wednesday, June 24, UKRINFORM reports with reference to the permanent representative of Ukraine Serhiy Kislitsa. “The report of …
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