This photograph taken on June 19, 2023 shows a general view of Simferopol on the Crimean Peninsula. The Kakhovka dam creates a reservoir which feeds...
Protesters in Simferopol, Ukraine, carry Russian flags in front of a statue of Lenin in the central square. Residents in the Crimean south, just as...
The Simferopol medium reconnaissance ship of the Ukrainian Navy moves along the coastline of Odesa during the rehearsal of the naval parade ahead of...
Russian navy destroyer Smetiivyy and cruiser Kerch , which ordered the photograher's boat to turn around immediately, anchored off the coast of...
An Ukrainian navy command ship Slavutych and corvette Ternopil anchored in Sevastopol harbor, on March 2, 2014 in Sevastopol, Ukraine.
Heavily-armed soldiers without identifying insignia and pro-Russian militants guard the Crimean parliament building on March 1, 2014 in Simferopol,...
People walk in front of a poster reading "For Russia! For the President! For Sevastopol!" using Z letters - a tactical insignia of Russian troops in...
Simferopol 1855. Simpheropol from the Citadel. The capital of the Crimea and principal dept of the Russion Army. Von T. Packer, London 1855
Billboard of Vladimir Putin reads "Crimea. Russia. Forever" in Simferopol on August 17, 2015 in Simferopol, Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin...
People walk in front of a poster showing Russian President Vladimir Putin and reading "The West doesn't need Russia. We need Russia!" in Simferopol,...
Six years on from the day Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty of accession to absorb Crimea in the Russian Federation on March 18, 2020...
Local people walk past a mosque in old part of Simferopol, on September 10 two days before the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival. / AFP / VASILY...
Russian SOBR and OMON officers share a word after their arrival in the Crimean capital Simferopol, on May 15 2014, ahead of the upcoming anniversary...
Decorative castle known as Swallow's Nest overlooks the Black Sea near the town of Gaspra on March 20, 2014 in Gaspra, Crimea, Ukraine.
Russian soldiers patrol the area surrounding the Ukrainian military unit in Perevalnoye, outside Simferopol, on March 20, 2014. Kiev will never...
Russian Cossacks stand guard outside of an administrative building on March 15, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian...
Pro Russian supporters rally in Lenin Square on March 15, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian...
An elderly woman walks past a mosque in Simferopol, on March 14 two days before a referendum in Crimea over its bid to break away from Ukraine and...
Supporters of an independent Crimea protest on Mai 21, 1992 in Simferopol against the Russian parliament declaration that the 1954 transfer of Crimea...
Pro-Russian sympathizers bearing a Russian flag march past pro-Ukrainian sympathizers gathered and waving Ukrainian flags on March 8, 2014 in...
Russian flag stands outside a local government building where pro-Russian militants and heavily-armed troops displaying no identifying insignia stood...
Pro-Russian sympathizers chanting "Russia, Russia! Simferopol, Simferopol! Sevastopol, Sevastopol! Berkut, Berkut!" hold up a giant Russian flag as...
Heavily-armed soldiers displaying no identifying insignia maintain watch in a street as people walk past in the city center on March 1, 2014 in...
Pro-Russian supporters rally outside the Crimean parliament building on February 28, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. According to media reports Russian...
The gunmen wearing similar military uniforms without markings captured the airport in the capital of Ukraine's Crimea region, Simferopol on February...
One of the unidentified armed men patrols outside of Simferopol airport, on February 28, 2014. Ukraine accused today Russia of staging an "armed...
Unidentified armed men patrol outside of Simferopol airport, on February 28, 2014. Ukraine accused today Russia of staging an "armed invasion" of...
Soldiers, who were wearing no identifying insignia and declined to say whether they were Russian or Ukrainian, patrol outside the Simferopol...
Two different groups of around 60 armed men raided and occupied the regional government and parliament buildings in Simferopol, the capital of the...
Group of Russian supporters gathers in front of the parliament building to press statement after two different groups of around 60 armed men raided...
Armed Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation officers encircled the building of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People,...
Armed Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation officers encircled the building of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People,...
Six years on from the day Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty of accession to absorb Crimea in the Russian Federation on March 18, 2020...
Father Kliment, the head of the Cathedral of Saint Vladimir and Saint Olga in Simferopol, leads a service on February 15, 2019. - The only major...
Picture taken on February 15, 2019 shows believers in the Cathedral of Saint Vladimir and Saint Olga in Simferopol. - The only major Ukrainian...
Members of the Russian Federal Bailiff Service stand guard outside a courthouse as they wait for the arrival of detained Ukrainian sailors,...
Communist supporters holding red flags parade during a traditional May Day demonstration in the Crimean city of Simferopol on May 1, 2018.
An elderly Muslim man walks past a mosque in old part of Simferopol, on September 10 two days before the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival. / AFP /...
People cross a road during a power outage in the Crimean city of Simferopol on November 24, 2015. Power cuts in Crimea affected nearly 940,000 people...
Members of the Kherson Regional Council welcome Crimean Tatar Turks arrived at Kherson region to cast their ballots at a polling station during...
Crimean Tatars attend a memorial ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the deportation of Tatars from Crimea, near a Mosque in Simferopol, on May...
Ceremonies are organized to celebrate 69th anniversary of Soviet Union's victory against to Nazi Germany in Simferopol, Crimea on 9 May, 2014.
Ceremonies are organized to celebrate 69th anniversary of Soviet Union's victory against to Nazi Germany in Simferopol, Crimea on 9 May, 2014.
People queue in front of the Ukrainian "Privat Bank" in Simferopol on April 23, 2014. US Vice President Joe Biden on April 22, 2014 warned Russia of...
People walk by fresh graffiti depicting Vladimir Putin in Simferopol on August 17, 2015 in Simferopol, Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Ships are seen on August 11, 2015 in Yalta, Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill in March 2014 to annexe the Crimean peninsula but...
Russian flag and flag of Crimea over the city council of Yalta on August 11, 2015 in Yalta, Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill in...
People on a beach on August 11, 2015 in Yalta, Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill in March 2014 to annexe the Crimean peninsula...
High-school students stand in front of a monument to the Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin as they attend a rehearsal of a celebration to mark the...
Trolleybus rides from the peninsula's main city Simferopol to the Black Sea coastal resort of Yalta, on March 28, 2014. Almost every day for the past...
Visitors look at lions and zoo staff riding in an armoured vehicle with Russian flags and a sticker reading "All to the referendum !" at the Lion's...
Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People meet on self-determination since Crimea joined Russia, March 29, 2014.
Russian soldiers patrol the area surrounding the Ukrainian military unit in Perevalnoye, outside Simferopol, on March 20, 2014. Kiev will never...
Stall holders and members of the public gather round a laptop to watch an address by Russia's President Vladimir Putin on a market stall on March 18,...
Armed soldiers without identifying insignia keep guard outside of a Ukrainian military base in the town of Perevevalne near the Crimean city of...
Armed soldiers without identifying insignia keep guard outside of a Ukrainian military base in the town of Perevevalne near the Crimean city of...
