Russia stages drills with 10,000 troops and 40 warships in Crimea amid soaring tensions with Ukraine

Russia has staged huge military drills involving 10,000 troops, 40 warships, and hundreds of warplanes, in Crimea after Vladimir Putin warned the West not to ‘dare cross any red lines’ amid soaring tensions with Ukraine.  The Russian Defence Ministry said the Crimean manoeuvres involve more than 60 ships, over 10,000 troops, around 200 aircraft and about 1,200 … Read more

Russia stages drills with 10,000 troops and 40 warships in Crimea amid soaring tensions with Ukraine

Russia has staged huge military drills involving 10,000 troops and 40 warships in Crimea after Vladimir Putin warned the West that not to ‘dare cross any red lines’ amid soaring tensions with Ukraine.  Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu travelled to the peninsula on Thursday to oversee large-scale snap drills of Russia’s southern military district and … Read more

Satellite images reveal new Russian military base with 150,000 troops in Crimea

Russia has massed over 150,000 troops along the Ukrainian border and in the annexed Crimean peninsula in a new military camp revealed by satellite images.   EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell confirmed the news on Monday after talks involving Ukraine’s foreign ministry and said: ‘It is the highest Russian military deployment at Ukrainian borders ever’.  … Read more

Satellite images reveal new Russian military base in Crimea

Russia has built a new military camp in Crimea filled with thousands of tanks and troops as Putin continues to mass his forces on the Ukrainian border, new satellite images have revealed. The camp, located next to Kachyk Lake on the south coast of Crimea, appeared over the course of a month to house Russian … Read more

Moment cyclist is mowed down by speeding 12-YEAR-OLD in Crimea 

Horrifying moment cyclist is mowed down by a speeding 12-YEAR-OLD who was being taught to drive by his father in Crimea Footage shows the unnamed cyclist, 60, being hit by a blue Mitsubishi car A 12-year-old boy was behind the wheel being taught to drive but lost control The man luckily survived the collision and … Read more

Moment cyclist is mowed down by speeding 12-YEAR-OLD in Crimea 

Horrifying moment cyclist is mowed down by a speeding 12-YEAR-OLD who was being taught to drive by his father in Crimea Footage shows the unnamed cyclist, 60, being hit by a blue Mitsubishi car A 12-year-old boy was behind the wheel being taught to drive but lost control The man luckily survived the collision and … Read more

Russia warns US to keep warships away from Crimea ‘for their own good’

Russia has warned the US to keep its warships away from Crimea ‘for their own good’ as it accused the West of turning the region into a ‘powder keg’.   At a press conference today, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called the US’s deployment in the Black Sea, due to arrive this week, a provocation designed … Read more