The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Russia committed rights violations in Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow occupied and annexed in violation of international law in 2014. Russia violated the right to life, the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment, and freedom of expression and assembly, the court said, among other abuses. […]
(Bloomberg) — Russia is guilty of torturing, beating and numerous other human rights violations of Ukrainian nationals since it occupied Crimea in 2014, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Most Read from Bloomberg There were 43 cases of disappearances or abductions between 2014 and 2018 and the forced relocation of some 12,500 Crimean […]
The European Court of Human Rights is set to rule on Tuesday in a case concerning alleged Russian abuses committed in Ukraine’s occupied Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. Ukraine, which brought the case to Europe’s top rights court, says Russia has repeatedly violated human rights in Crimea since February 2014, when Moscow annexed the territory […]
Russia accused Ukraine of injuring civilians in an ATACMS attack on Crimea on Sunday. Russia is likely placing military facilities near civilians to deter Ukrainian strikes, experts say. Sevastopol’s governor said four people were killed and 82 hospitalized as a result of the attack. Russia is likely placing military facilities near civilian areas in Crimea […]
At least five people were killed and over 100 injured when missile fragments scattered over beachgoers during a Ukrainian strike on the city of Sevastopol in Russia-occupied Crimea, authorities say. “Unfortunately, we currently have 124 victims, of which three [are] dead children and two [are] dead adults,” Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on Telegram. The […]
By Guy Faulconbridge and Filipp Lebedev MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Sunday that the United States was responsible for a Ukrainian attack on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula with five U.S.-supplied missiles that killed at least five people including three children and injured 124 more. The Russian Defence Ministry said four of the U.S.-delivered Army Tactical […]
Ukraine has used naval drones and missiles to wage war against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. A campaign of highly effective strikes has pushed Moscow to relocate many of its vulnerable assets. Satellite imagery captures the exodus of Russian naval assets from Crimea to other ports. Armed with exploding naval drones and long-range missiles, Ukraine has […]
Ukraine has used naval drones and missiles to wage war against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. A campaign of highly effective strikes has pushed Moscow to relocate many of its vulnerable assets. Satellite imagery captures the exodus of Russian naval assets from Crimea to other ports. Armed with exploding naval drones and long-range missiles, Ukraine has […]
Advanced Russian defences in Crimea are increasingly vulnerable to Ukraine’s US and British-supplied missiles The night sky over Crimea flashed with explosions and tracer fire as the barrage of American-made missiles arrived and found their targets. In a matter of minutes, three Russian surface-to-air missile systems that were supposed to be protecting the peninsula had […]
Ukraine has intensified attacks on Crimea in recent months and looks set to hit the Kerch Bridge later this year. The peninsula, and the bridge, are crucial for Russian military logistics. A Ukrainian success in Crimea could mark the end of the war, experts say. If there is one place Ukraine is winning in the […]
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Wednesday it had hit three Russian surface-to-air missile systems in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight, its second reported strike on air defences on the peninsula this week. The strikes targeted an S-300 system and two more advanced S-400 systems near Belbek and Sevastopol, Ukraine’s general staff said. “As a result of […]
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said it damaged three Russian surface-to-air defence systems overnight in missile attacks on the Moscow-occupied Crimea peninsula. The attacks struck an S-400 system in Dzhankoi and two less advanced S-300 systems near Yevpatoriya and Chornomorske resulting in “significant losses” for Russian air defences, Ukraine’s general staff said on Monday. Reuters could […]