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Sandbags, Bomb Shelters On Crimea Beaches After Deadly Missile Strike
Tourists thronging the Black Sea beaches of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula this summer share the space with a grim new arrival: bomb shelters and sandbags.
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Ukraine Says Destroyed Russian Military Boat In Black Sea
Ukraine claimed Tuesday that its forces had destroyed a Russian military patrol boat on the Black Sea near the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia 10 years ago.
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Ukraine Says Destroyed Russia Landing Ship In Black Sea
Ukrainian forces destroyed the Russian Navy's Tsezar Kunikov large landing ship off the occupied peninsula of Crimea in the Black Sea on Wednesday, Kyiv's military said.
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Commander Of Russia's Black Sea Fleet Killed In Missile Strike, Says Kyiv
Ukraine claimed Monday it had killed the commander of Russia's Black Sea fleet in an unprecedented missile strike on the naval headquarters in the annexed Crimean peninsula last week.
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Russia Says It Destroyed 19 Ukrainian Drones Over Crimea, Black Sea
Russia said Thursday it had destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones overnight above the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula and the surrounding Black Sea.
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Britain Plays Down Black Sea Warship Incident With Russia
Britain on Thursday played down an incident in the Black Sea off the Crimea peninsula in which Russia said it fired warning shots at a British destroyer.
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Back In Ukraine, Freed Pilot Savchenko Launches New Hunger Strike
A Ukrainian pilot released from a Russian jail in May launched a fresh hunger strike today in protest over Kiev's failure to secure the return of other prisoners of war in the separatist east.
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Vladimir Putin Makes Surprise Visit to Crimea After Power Shortages
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made a surprise visit to Crimea, inaugurating an undersea cable project to bring a new power supply to the strategic Black Sea peninsula.
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Ukraine Halts Russian Gas Purchases, Closes Its Airspace
Tensions between Moscow and Kiev ratched up further today as Ukraine decided to stop buying gas from Russia and closed its airspace to its giant eastern neighbour's airlines.
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Petro Poroshenko Faces Judgement Day as Ukraine Votes Without Rebel East
Pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko faces a stern test of his unpopular belt-tightening measures and stuttering anti-corruption drive when Ukraine votes in local elections Sunday that exclude the pro-Russian separatist east.
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Vladimir Putin Dives in Mini-Sub to Shipwreck Off Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image on Tuesday by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year.
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Russia Revises Navy Doctrine Over NATO's 'Inadmissible' Expansion
Russia aims to boost the strategic positions of its navy on the Black Sea and seek to maintain an Atlantic and Mediterranean presence, according its latest naval doctrine which has been revised over NATO's "inadmissible" expansion.
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Russia Slams EU Sanctions Renewal as Pointless 'Blackmail'
Russia today slammed the EU's extension of sanctions over its annexation of Crimea as "blackmail" and vowed it would not be pressured into returning the peninsula to Ukraine.
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Japan Slams Ex-Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Crimea Visit
The Japanese government sharply criticised a former prime minister today for his visit to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, saying his action is at odds with Japan's stance on the Ukraine situation and calling him "grossly imprudent".
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Crimea: The Spark That Set Off East-West Crisis
Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula seized by Russia from Ukraine a year ago, is a picturesque region of vineyards and tourist resorts, and a historic hotbed of geopolitical tensions.
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Sandbags, Bomb Shelters On Crimea Beaches After Deadly Missile Strike
Tourists thronging the Black Sea beaches of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula this summer share the space with a grim new arrival: bomb shelters and sandbags.
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Ukraine Says Destroyed Russian Military Boat In Black Sea
Ukraine claimed Tuesday that its forces had destroyed a Russian military patrol boat on the Black Sea near the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia 10 years ago.
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Ukraine Says Destroyed Russia Landing Ship In Black Sea
Ukrainian forces destroyed the Russian Navy's Tsezar Kunikov large landing ship off the occupied peninsula of Crimea in the Black Sea on Wednesday, Kyiv's military said.
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Commander Of Russia's Black Sea Fleet Killed In Missile Strike, Says Kyiv
Ukraine claimed Monday it had killed the commander of Russia's Black Sea fleet in an unprecedented missile strike on the naval headquarters in the annexed Crimean peninsula last week.
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Russia Says It Destroyed 19 Ukrainian Drones Over Crimea, Black Sea
Russia said Thursday it had destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones overnight above the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula and the surrounding Black Sea.
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Britain Plays Down Black Sea Warship Incident With Russia
Britain on Thursday played down an incident in the Black Sea off the Crimea peninsula in which Russia said it fired warning shots at a British destroyer.
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Back In Ukraine, Freed Pilot Savchenko Launches New Hunger Strike
A Ukrainian pilot released from a Russian jail in May launched a fresh hunger strike today in protest over Kiev's failure to secure the return of other prisoners of war in the separatist east.
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Vladimir Putin Makes Surprise Visit to Crimea After Power Shortages
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made a surprise visit to Crimea, inaugurating an undersea cable project to bring a new power supply to the strategic Black Sea peninsula.
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Ukraine Halts Russian Gas Purchases, Closes Its Airspace
Tensions between Moscow and Kiev ratched up further today as Ukraine decided to stop buying gas from Russia and closed its airspace to its giant eastern neighbour's airlines.
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Petro Poroshenko Faces Judgement Day as Ukraine Votes Without Rebel East
Pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko faces a stern test of his unpopular belt-tightening measures and stuttering anti-corruption drive when Ukraine votes in local elections Sunday that exclude the pro-Russian separatist east.
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Vladimir Putin Dives in Mini-Sub to Shipwreck Off Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image on Tuesday by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year.
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Russia Revises Navy Doctrine Over NATO's 'Inadmissible' Expansion
Russia aims to boost the strategic positions of its navy on the Black Sea and seek to maintain an Atlantic and Mediterranean presence, according its latest naval doctrine which has been revised over NATO's "inadmissible" expansion.
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Russia Slams EU Sanctions Renewal as Pointless 'Blackmail'
Russia today slammed the EU's extension of sanctions over its annexation of Crimea as "blackmail" and vowed it would not be pressured into returning the peninsula to Ukraine.
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Japan Slams Ex-Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Crimea Visit
The Japanese government sharply criticised a former prime minister today for his visit to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, saying his action is at odds with Japan's stance on the Ukraine situation and calling him "grossly imprudent".
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Crimea: The Spark That Set Off East-West Crisis
Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula seized by Russia from Ukraine a year ago, is a picturesque region of vineyards and tourist resorts, and a historic hotbed of geopolitical tensions.
