Newsweek's map shows how the front line in the Kursk region has developed over the last eight months. The Russian and Ukrainian defense ministries have been contacted for comment. This image from ...

Short and sweet. Epic has already revealed what the new map will look like--we're getting four new named locations, each of which will occupy a corner of the map. The updated battle royale map for ...

A Legacy of Blood and Borders Crimea’s value is more than symbolic. It has long been a geopolitical prize — first annexed by the Russian Empire in the 18th century, then transferred to Ukraine in 1954 ...

Russia has stepped up its nuclear rhetoric in response to US President Donald Trump's calls to strengthen European defense, using tactics of intimidation and disinformation similar to those that ...

The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people issued a statement on Thursday rejecting any proposals that imply recognition of Crimea as Russian territory ... colonial subjugation of Crimea by the Russian ...

Crimea, which juts out into the Black Sea off southern Ukraine, was absorbed into the Russian Empire along with most ethnic Ukrainian territory by Catherine the Great in the 18th century.

thereby reassembling a large portion of the former Soviet Union and Russian empire. The reason Russia has not succeeded in that aim isn’t because Moscow has magnanimously declined to carry out ...

"This is the technique that the Russian Empire used in order to quickly assimilate the population after conquering new territories, to make them obedient to the regime," Kuleba said. "The main ...

The Black Sea peninsula has long been a coveted asset for both Russia and Ukraine. First annexed by the Russian Empire in the 18th century, it saw significant demographic and political shifts over ...

and that Russia has a legitimate interest in not only carving out a sphere of influence but re-creating the old Russian empire in the space of what was once the Soviet Union’s Warsaw Pact.

The peninsula was home to Turkic-speaking Tatars when the Russian empire first annexed it in the 18th century. It briefly regained independence two centuries later before being swallowed by the ...