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Global Monopoly game: How a small state like Israel survives in ruthless geopolitics - opinion

When global politics is like playing Monopoly, empathy erodes, it's about survival by crushing the weak.

Service members take part in what Russian Defence Ministry says is the deployment of the Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system in Belarus, at an unidetified location in this still image from video released December 30, 2025.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev and foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov attend a meeting with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025; illustrative.

Kremlin welcomes end to ‘direct threat’ label in US strategy, TASS reports

A Ukrainian serviceman of the National Police Special Purpose Battalion prepares to fire a howitzer towards Russian troops at a position in a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 20, 2025.

What are the regions Ukraine could lose under the US-backed plan? - explainer

A moat with horse remains was found.

Archaeologists uncover ancient Greek graffiti in Crimea


US may help Ukraine strike Crimea - NYT report

US officials believe that assisting Ukrainian operations in Crimea may be worth it as Washington seeks to strengthen Kyiv’s position in future negotiations.

 US President Joe Biden and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, December 21, 2022

Russia-installed official says drone shot down over Crimea's Sevastopol

Russian leadership claims Ukraine did not hold up their end of the bargain in Orthodox Christmas ceasefire.

A view shows a Russian military base in Sevastopol, Crimea, July 5, 2016.

Russia Navy concerned vital supply ships vulnerable to Ukraine attack -UK

After an attack on the Russian Novorssiysk port, allegedly by Ukrainian naval drones, the Black Sea Fleet is concerned about the ships from Sevastapol.

 Russian warships leave a port during naval drills, which are staged by the Baltic Fleet forces of the Russian Navy, part of the military exercises Zapad-2021 opened by Russia and Belarus, in the Baltic Sea town of Baltiysk in Kaliningrad Region, Russia September 9, 2021

Russia's Crimean Bridge unlikely to be fully operational until late 2023 - UK Intel

The Ukrainian attack on Kerch Bridge was considered to be a success, as well as a significant moral boost, to the Ukrainian forces. 

 A helicopter drops water to extinguish fuel tanks ablaze on the Kerch bridge in the Kerch Strait, Crimea

Three more ships leave Ukrainian ports under deal despite Russian suspension

The statement said the ships' movement was agreed by the Ukrainian, Turkish and UN delegations at the Istanbul-based center and the Russian delegation had been informed.

Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet logistics support ship Vsevolod Bobrov sails in the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, January 7, 2022.

Russia says it has recovered drones used to attack its Black Sea fleet in Crimea

Russia's defense ministry said that the drones used to attack ships were found to be equipped with Canadian-made navigation.

 A view of drones during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on August 24, 2022

Russian forces repelled drone attack on Crimea, Russian-installed official says

Local officials said ferries and boats had temporarily stopped crossing the Bay of Sevastopol.

 Russian Navy vessels are anchored in a bay of the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea May 8, 2014

Russian state journalist killed by stray bullet at Crimea base

Svetlana Babayeva was head of the Rossiya Segodnya media group's bureau in Simferopol.

A view shows a Russian military base in Sevastopol, Crimea, July 5, 2016.

Russia tells people in occupied Kherson to 'save your lives' and leave

Russia's proxies in the southern region are trying to evacuate up to 60,000 people who live on the western bank of the Dnipro river.

 Civilians evacuated from the Russian-controlled city of Kherson walk from a ferry to board a bus heading to Crimea, in the town of Oleshky, Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine October 23, 2022.

Elon Musk's tweet on Crimea is all wrong - opinion

Elon Musk tweeted at the beginning of October that "Crimea is formally part of Russia" and he could not be more wrong.

 Elon Musk's assertion that Crimea is 'formally part of Russia as it has been since 1783,' is totally wrong, says the writer.