Russian-occupied territories

State · 1992–2026 CE · at its largest around 1992 CE

Areas outside Russia's internationally recognised borders that are held by Russian forces or Russian-backed separatist authorities, including Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea and parts of eastern and southern Ukraine.

On its lands while it lasted

• Annexation of Crimea by Russia (2014 CE): Russia seized and annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in February–March 2014 after a disputed referendum. Most countries do not recognise the annexation.

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