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Crimean

/ kraɪˈmɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Crimea or its inhabitants

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of the Crimea

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Early last month, Ukraine struck a refinery in the southern Krasnodar region, as well as an oil terminal and an ammunition depot in the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula, according to Russian authorities.

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Russia currently occupies a fifth of Ukraine, including the Crimean peninsula, which it seized in 2014.

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Russia currently controls around a fifth of Ukrainian territory, including the Crimean peninsula it annexed in 2014.

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The program goes to great lengths to legitimize Russia’s 2014 invasion and annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, a part of Ukraine.

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Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014 and launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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