As Ukrainian leaders vow to reclaim all territories seized by Russia, Moscow has prepared extensive defensive measures, particularly in Crimea, a region unlawfully annexed in 2014. This area ...

First came the illegal annexation of Crimea in March 2014, then the fall of parts of the eastern region of Donbas to Russian ...

The map highlighted Ukraine but did not include the Crimea peninsula as part of the ... unilateral annexation of four other Ukrainian regions — although Russia does not fully control them.