crimea News

Weapon / Missile

Budanov: Russia deploys S-500 systems in Crimea

16 Jun, 11:21
1 min

According to the chief of Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov, Russia has deployed a unit of its most advanced air defence system S-500 to Crimea.

Weapon / Missile Logistics

Explosions damaged Russia’s key bridge linking Crimea

08 Oct, 10:57
2 min read

The Crimean Bridge, also called Kerch Bridge, which Russia built the bridge after it annexed Crimea was partly destroyed by the explosions.

Air Unmanned Systems

The U.S. Global Hawk Monitored Ukraine Borders and Russia controlled areas in the Black Sea

17 Feb, 10:19
1 min read

The U.S. Air Force's strategic unmanned aerial vehicle RQ-4 Global Hawk patrolled the Ukrainian border over Donbas and Crimea. In addition, U.S. surveillance aircraft monitored regions of naval drills restricted by Russia in the Black Sea.

Regional / Strategy

Crack in West’s Crimea Policy

23 Nov, 12:58
2 min read

Bulgaria’s re-elected President Rumen Radev said, “Crimea is Russian for the time being”. Shortly after Radev’s victory at the presidential election, the U.S. voiced its “deep concern” on Monday. Radev commented on a televised debate last week.

Regional / Strategy

Ukraine and U.S. are worried about Intelligence Reports indicating a Russian invasion of Ukraine

22 Nov, 11:36
3 min read

Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, claimed that Russia is planning an invasion at the end of January or early February.

Navy / Maritime

HMS Defender’s Classified Papers Found at Bus Stop

27 Jun, 08:00
2 min read

Royal Navy’s classified documents were found at a bus stop in Portsmouth, England. The finder gave the documents to the BBC.

Air

Lockheed Promotes F-16 in Ukraine

15 Jun, 07:57
2 min read

The Arms and Security Defence Expo begins today in Kyiv. The US Company Lockheed Martin has a booth for the first time ever. The company promotes F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to Ukrainian Air Force (Повітряні Сили України).