Almost immediately following the end of the EuroMaidan Revolution in Ukraine in February 2014, Russia swiftly moved to annex and occupy the Crimean Peninsula. Within a couple of months, unrest erupted in eastern Ukraine followed by Russian-backed militias taking over administrative buildings. The events mark the start of Russia's 10-year invasion and occupation of Ukraine that continues to this day.
Ukraine has no unreachable targets in Russian-occupied Crimea, former Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) commander of the Aidar battalion, Yevhen Dykyi, said in an interview with Radio NV on Jan. 7.
Yuriy Boyko, a pro-Russian Ukrainian MP and former member of the banned Opposition Platform — For Life (OPZZh) party owns an apartment in downtown Moscow, Radio Liberty’s investigative project Schemes reported on Dec. 13.
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The Black Sea’s Snake Island and the strategically vital gas and oil platforms known as “Boyko Towers” are under Ukrainian fire control but remain in a no-man’s zone, due to the active Russian military aviation presence in the sector, Ukrainian Navy spokesman and 3rd Rank Captain Dmytro Pletenchuk said in an interview on Oct. 24.