Crimea Has Been a Battleground and a Playground. Why It's Coveted by Both Russia and Ukraine Russia's seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was ...
Explainer-Where Is Crimea and Why Is It Contested? (Reuters) - The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.