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Crimea

Arcs in the news about Crimea from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 79 stories · 381 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 29, 2023

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  • The Russia-Ukraine war: the front line and the long-range strikes

    Here for 16 stories about Crimea

    Dec 25, 2023week of Sep 28, 2026

    Sep 28 Ukraine war latest: Russia strikes downtown Kyiv, kills one, injures 24, damages National Academy of Sciences

    499 stories · earliest story we hold Dec 27, 2023

  • The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks

    Here for 2 stories about Crimea

    Jan 8, 2024week of Sep 21, 2026

    Sep 25 Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he urged Trump to enlist China’s help in ending Russia’s invasion

    297 stories · earliest story we hold Jan 10, 2024

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The Russia-Ukraine war: the front line and the long-range strikes

36 of 499 stories this September · 16 about Crimea

Russia now bombards Kyiv during the day as well as at night · 10 articles, Sep 1Ukraine: Zelenskyy warns airlines to avoid Russian airspace · 24 articles, Sep 1Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian capital kill 2 people, ending pause in attacks · 18 articles, Sep 2Ukraine’s drone attacks caused turmoil for Russians throughout summer · 7 articles, Sep 3Russian general accused of masterminding the attack against Kyiv’s children’s hospital injured in assassination attempt · 11 articles, Sep 3A pregnant soldier mourns her 21-year-old husband at his funeral in Ukraine · 5 articles, Sep 3Ukraine strikes Russian oil refineries after Kushner, Witkoff visit Moscow and Kyiv · 3 articles, Sep 4General Staff: Russia has lost 1,506,900 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 · 18 articles, Sep 6Russian drones fly toward Kyiv amid temporary attack pause on capitals · 2 articles, Sep 75 killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine as Putin warns Europe against sending troops · 23 articles, Sep 9Ukrainian drones kill 2 in Russia as Moscow hits main port hub in Black Sea · 10 articles, Sep 9Russia hits passenger train on Ukraine’s border with Poland, just misses ‘diplomatic train’ · 63 articles, Sep 9How Ukraine’s deepest attack in Russia, on Arctic gas, signals new reach · 10 articles, Sep 9Zelensky's plane 'almost hit' by drone en route to Oslo, Norway PM says · 31 articles, Sep 9Russia targets Kyiv petrol stations for first time with jet-powered drones · 11 articles, Sep 10Russia's recruitment of foreign nationals amounts to human trafficking, Amnesty International says · 5 articles, Sep 10Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, citing a global shortage · 60 articles, Sep 10Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Will Pause Strikes on Russia if Kremlin Spares Critical Infrastructure · 34 articles, Sep 14Russians are still fleeing abroad, citing fears of a new mobilization and a loss of freedom · 7 articles, Sep 14Russian drone strike kills 5 and injures at least 7 on passenger bus in Ukraine · 11 articles, Sep 16Russian missile and drone attacks injure at least 19, including children, in Ukraine · 15 articles, Sep 16Russian attack on Sumy kills 2, injures 7 as guided aerial bombs hit apartment building · 2 articles, Sep 18Russian attacks kill 6, injure 45 across Ukraine as Kyiv faces second day of nonstop strikes · 16 articles, Sep 19Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including 'largest ever' attack on Moscow · 39 articles, Sep 20General Staff: Russia has lost 1,528,970 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 · 7 articles, Sep 20Russian drones slam a southern Ukraine city after Kyiv's 1,000-drone weekend barrage · 7 articles, Sep 21Ukraine Launches 'World First' Airborne Robot Assault Behind Russian Lines · 3 articles, Sep 21Russia and Ukraine trade deadly strikes ahead of Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump · 29 articles, Sep 21Ukraine war latest: Russia's oil refining capacity falls as damage from Moscow strikes sets in · 2 articles, Sep 21Rubio says Ukraine unintentionally hit 'American-linked' oil infrastructure · 5 articles, Sep 22Russia slams Kyiv with ballistic missiles as Ukrainians brace for harsh winter · 3 articles, Sep 23Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Sent 2 North Korean Prisoners of War to South Korea · 7 articles, Sep 24Russian strikes on Ukraine leave at least 7 dead, 80 hurt · 35 articles, Sep 25Russian drones pound civilian areas as Ukraine claims battlefield breakthroughs · 3 articles, Sep 28Russian drones hammer apartments, offices and a cultural landmark in Ukraine, killing 7 · 7 articles, Sep 28Ukraine war latest: Russia strikes downtown Kyiv, kills one, injures 24, damages National Academy of Sciences · 4 articles, Sep 28
The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks

9 of 297 stories this September · 2 about Crimea

Russian drone strikes Ukraine security service headquarters as US talks on the war are expected · 29 articles, Sep 4Zelenskyy says US envoys have 'very good' ideas to end Russia's war on Ukraine · 9 articles, Sep 6Putin, Trump speak on war, goals · 30 articles, Sep 6Kremlin to press on with war in Ukraine despite U.S. talks · 3 articles, Sep 7Russia pounds Kyiv after pause for visit of US envoys · 24 articles, Sep 8Putin warns Europe of war if peacekeeping troops are deployed to Ukraine · 5 articles, Sep 12Zelensky hosts leaders from 7 countries for a regional summit · 11 articles, Sep 18Zelenskyy, Trump meet at UN · 11 articles, Sep 18Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he urged Trump to enlist China’s help in ending Russia’s invasion · 11 articles, Sep 25

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

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Apr 28, 2025615545
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Aug 11, 2025617856
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Nov 17, 202578734
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Jun 29, 202624017
Jul 6, 20260224
Jul 13, 202688749
Jul 20, 2026112441
Jul 27, 20260226
Aug 3, 2026212445
Aug 10, 2026714674
Aug 31, 20261419

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else3 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Crimea that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Apr 1Russian military plane crash in Crimea kills at least 2910 articles · 10 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 0 right

Stories that name Crimea

  1. Sep 2– 4Norway seizes Russian ship to enforce $4.22 billion Ukrainian compensation claim13 articles · 11 independent sources
    1 left, 4 center, 1 right
  2. Jul 15– 18Protests in Ukraine after Zelenskyy fires popular defense minister58 articles · 38 independent sources
    7 left, 8 center, 5 right
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