The Latest Breaking News from Crimea

German navy chief quits after saying Putin deserves respect over Ukraine

Kay-Achim Schönbach said it was ‘nonsense’ that Russia wanted to invade its neighbour and that Kyiv would never win back Crimea

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2022

German navy chief resigns over Putin comments

Germany's navy chief stepped down on Saturday after drawing criticism for saying Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved respect and that Kyiv would never win back annexed Crimea from Moscow.

Reuters · Jan 22, 2022

Ukraine bans Austrian design firm working on Crimea theatre project

Ukraine imposed sanctions on Saturday on an Austrian architecture and design company working on a project to build new theatre house in Sevastopol, a city in the Russian-controlled Crimean peninsula.

Reuters · Jan 22, 2022

Is There a Link Between Syria and Ukraine?

Geneva is hosting two meetings on Friday. The first between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, to discuss Ukraine, and the second between UN Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen and US Official Ethan Goldrich to review the Syrian situation and propose a “step for…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 21, 2022

The Day After Russia Attacks

What War in Ukraine Would Look Like—and How America Should Respond

Foreign Affairs · Jan 21, 2022

Is the Ukrainian military really a David against the Russian Goliath?

As tensions rise ahead of Friday’s crunch talks between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the Ukraine crisis, memories of the Russian army swiftly overpowering the Ukrainian military during the 2014 Crimean annexation have resurfaced. But Ukraine has significantly improved its defence capabilities…

France 24 · Jan 20, 2022

Ukraine: how an armed conflict could play out

Talks between Russia and the west have failed. Moscow has described the situation in Ukraine as “intolerable” and “a matter of life or death”. The US president, Joe Biden, has predicted the Kremlin “will move in” to Ukraine.

The Conversation · Jan 20, 2022

Ukraine: a country wounded by eight years of crisis

The Russian-Ukrainian war began in 2014 after pro-European protesters toppled the government of the Moscow-backed president Victor Yanukovych. This led to a rapid escalation of a crisis that resulted in the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014 and the establishment of two Russian-protected de facto states in eastern…

The Conversation · Jan 20, 2022

What Vladimir Putin really wants

The West cannot ignore a determined Russian President any more as Moscow prepares for its next act — on Ukraine

The Hindu · Jan 19, 2022

Ukraine crisis: How Vladimir Putin overplayed his hand with 'false flag' his best option

As many as 14,000 have died in Crimea and Donbas in years of fighting, which has settled into trench warfare and could break out at any moment into a much bigger conflict

Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2022