1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites
A Russian flag hanging from the local parliament building reading "State council of the Crimean Republic" in Simferopol, Crimea.
Image: Vadim Ghidra/AP/picture alliance

Crimea

Crimea is a peninsula located on the northern coast of the Black Sea. Crimea became part of the newly independent Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union before Russia illegally annexed the territory in 2014.

Skip next section Reports & Analysis

Reports & Analysis

Show more