FIFA has apologised for displaying a map during the qualifying draw for the 2026 World Cup that excluded Crimea from Ukraine's territory, which Kyiv had criticised as an "unacceptable error".

How are Russia and Ukraine placed after three years of fighting and with Donald Trump pushing for a negotiated settlement to ...

Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless.

Explainer-Where Is Crimea and Why Is It Contested? (Reuters) - The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the West to amp up pressure on Russia after it launched its latest deadly air raid ...

FILE - People watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech after signing treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join ... a meeting in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Sept.

A look at the diamond-shaped peninsula in the Black Sea. coveted by both Russia and Ukraine for its naval bases and beaches: Crimea’s unique location makes it a strategically important asset ...