SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine -- Russian forces backed by helicopter gunships and armored vehicles Saturday took control of a village near the border with Crimea on the eve of a referendum on whether the region ...

The targets included two Russian Project 22460 Okhotnik-class border patrol ships near the city of Inkerman, close to ...

In the run-up to presidential elections in which national security is a top issue, Ukraine is strengthening the border with Russian-annexed Crimea and with the breakaway Transnistrian region of ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said Crimea must once again be recognized as part of Ukraine for there to be "lasting peace" in the region. Macron made the comment while discussing Russia ...

Russia’s illegal seizure of Crimea from Ukraine 11 years ago was quick and bloodless. But Kyiv — and most of the world — never recognized Moscow’s annexation of the strategic peninsula, which is now a ...

BALAKLAVA, Ukraine (Reuters) - At least 20 men wearing the uniform of Russia's Black Sea fleet and carrying automatic rifles surrounded a Ukrainian border guard post on Friday, in a tense standoff ...

Ukraine's border service said it had seized a cargo ship accused of illegally exporting grain from Russian-occupied Crimea. The ship was seized "as part of a comprehensive effort to counter Russia's ...

Russia's illegal seizure of Crimea from Ukraine 11 years ago was quick and bloodless. But Kyiv — and most of the world — never recognized Moscow's annexation of the strategic peninsula, which is now a ...