What to know about Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula seized by Russia from Ukraine over a decade ago
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FILE - Russian soldiers guard a pier where two Ukrainian naval vessels are moored, in Sevastopol, on the Crimean Peninsula, March 5, 2014. (AP Photo, File)FILE - A Russian military landing ship transports cars and people because the Kerch Bridge connecting the Russian mainland with the Crimean Peninsula over the Kerch Strait is closed on Monday, July 17, 2023. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Rising smoke can be seen from the beach at Saky after explosions were heard from the direction of a Russian military airbase near Novofedorivka, Crimea, Aug. 9, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - Russian soldiers guard a pier where two Ukrainian naval vessels are moored, in Sevastopol, on the Crimean Peninsula, March 5, 2014. (AP Photo, File)