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BBC News has contacted Fifa for comment. The 2026 World Cup will start on 11 June that year in Mexico City and end on 19 July in New Jersey. The expanded 48-team tournament will last a record 39 days.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has long vowed to end Russia's occupation of Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014. FIFA faces backlash over 'unacceptable' map of Ukraine that appeared to ...
Special forces landed on the western shore of Crimea, near the settlements of Olenivka and Mayak, in a joint operation with the country’s Navy, according to Ukrainian Defense Intelligence.
On April 17, Ukrainian missiles struck Dzhankoi airbase in Crimea causing at least six explosions and multiple secondary explosions to be reported by locals [87] while NASA FIRMS imagery showed six fires there. Subsequent satellite pictures showed the destruction of three to five S-300/S-400 components and other areas marked with "scorch marks ...
2023 Crimean Bridge explosion was an event during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 17 July 2023, at approximately 3:04 a.m. and 3:20 a.m. EEST, when the Ukrainian Navy attacked the Crimean Bridge, [1] with two suicide sea drones, damaging a span of the road bridge. [2]
[16] [17] Following its occupation and annexation of Crimea, Russia recognized and maintained the existing status of the peninsula's 18 cities. [8] In 2019, Russian officials granted the settlement Balaklava, located in Sevastopol's Balaklava urban district, the status of a city, although still keeping it as part of Sevastopol.
A Ukrainian attack on a strategic shipyard early Wednesday in Russian-annexed Crimea wounded 24 people, damaged two ships undergoing repairs and caused a fire at the facility, Russian authorities ...
The United Nations maps Crimea as belonging to Ukraine. [479] National Geographic Society stated that their policy is "to portray current reality" and "Crimea, if it is formally annexed by Russia, would be shaded gray", but also further remarked that this step does not suggest recognising the legitimacy of such. [480]