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Crimea autonomous republic southern Ukraine The republic is coterminous with the Crimean Peninsula lying between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov In 2014 Russia covertly

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The Crimean peninsula which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014 is at the centre of the worst East West standoff since the Cold War

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Crimea s unique location makes it a strategically important asset and Russia has spent centuries fighting for it The peninsula was home to Turkic speaking Tatars when the Russian empire

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Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and has used the Black Sea peninsula to launch attacks since its 2022 invasion

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Ahead of its full scale invasion Moscow deployed troops and weapons to Crimea allowing Russian forces to quickly seize large parts of southern Ukraine early in the war

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It has been 11 years since Russia took control of Crimea but Moscow s invasion of Ukraine has put the peninsula back in the global spotlight Here s what you need to know

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Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred Crimea from Russia to Ukraine in 1954 when both were part of the USSR to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the unification of

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Why is Crimea important Crimea s unique location makes it a strategically important asset and Russia has spent centuries fighting for it

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Crimea the contested peninsular region of southern Ukraine has long changed hands between empires Since the 1990s Russians and Ukrainians have fought for control over the land