Several nations are notable for their large numbers or high densities of castles, from France’s estimated 45,000 to Germany’s ...

In 2014, Putin seized Crimea without firing a shot and was hailed as a strategic mastermind, his approval ratings soaring.

Since the days of Catherine the Great, Crimea has functioned as a Russian military stronghold and a place for faraway Moscow ...

Fuel shortages are only the beginning: Will Ukraine's strikes force Russia to leave Crimea? Crimea faces fuel shortages and bank card disruptions, trucks are stuck in miles-long queues, and ...

A massive Ukrainian barrage in Russian-occupied Crimea killed four people, Moscow-backed authorities there said on Sunday, adding that fuel sales at Crimean petrol stations were subsequently suspended ...