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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.

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.

North Korean leader to meet Russian president on rare trip abroad; recapture of ‘Boyko Towers’ puts Ukraine <strong>‘</strong>closer to regaining Crimea’, Kyiv says