The soviet fleet in crimea was in contention, but a 1997 treaty allowed russia. Crimea’s unique location makes it a strategically important asset, and russia has spent centuries fighting for it. Soviet leader nikita khrushchev transferred crimea from russia to ukraine in 1954, when both were part of the ussr, to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the unification of.
Kyiv is forcing moscow to choose whether to devote air defense resources to defending the russian homeland or occupied crimea. Ukrainian president zelenskyy met trump to discuss ending the ongoing war with russia. Here's what you need to know.
Emphasizing lasting peace, zelenskyy reflects on crimea's history and the need for ukraine. It has been 11 years since russia took control of crimea but moscow's invasion of ukraine has put the peninsula back in the global spotlight. Crimea, autonomous republic, southern ukraine. Ukrainian special operations forces said they struck a concealed iskander missile storage site in occupied crimea, targeting launch capabilities used against ukrainian cities.
After ukrainian independence in 1991, most of the peninsula was reorganised as the autonomous republic of crimea.