as well as on Tuzla Island, a narrow spit of land underneath the Crimean Bridge linking southern Russia to the Black Sea ...

Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting for control of the Kozatskyi and Kruhlyk islands, which are located at the river's mouth, where it empties into the Black Sea. This operation is ...

In unverified audio clips, the borders guards defending Zmiinyi Island in the Black Sea are told to "lay down your weapons" or "be bombed". "Russian warship, go to hell," they respond. Ukraine ...

Snake or Zmiinyi Island is a fraction of a square kilometre in size and there are no more snakes to speak of. But there can be no doubt of its importance for control of the western Black Sea.

The idea is the brainchild of President Erdogan who has called it his "crazy project" which if completed, could revolutionise ...