Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War.

The annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 marked a pivotal moment in modern European history, setting the stage for the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine that resumed in 2022. This strategic Black Sea peninsula has become both a symbol of territorial dispute and

Vladimir Putin has indicated a willingness to end the war in Ukraine, proposing terms that require Kyiv to cede significant territory and acknowledge

The White House says that Vladimir Putin told President Trump that he would meet with the man whose country Russia invaded, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It comes as Trump is ruling out sending U.

Donald Trump said on his social media handle that Zelenskyy can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight.

Russia pledges to end its invasion against nebulous guarantees of the sort we’ve heard before.

The Budapest guarantee failed on Feb. 24, 2022, when Putin invaded Ukraine. Needless to say, Ukraine is once bitten, twice shy. By “security guarantee,” they require a legally binding treaty that specifies ironclad commitments. As NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told Fox News, “All the details have to be hammered out.”

As Kyiv braces for peace talks that will include negotiations on the status of Ukraine's Russian-occupied territories, U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 20 referred to Crimea as "the size of Texas" and located "in the middle of the ocean.

While Putin says Crimea has always been Russian, the peninsula has changed hands over the centuries, having been variously administered by the Russian Empire, warring factions during WWI and the Russian Civil War,