‘The fight is continuing’: a decade of Russian rule has not silenced Ukrainian voices in Crimea

Ten years on from Russia's annexation, with all-out war making its dominance vulnerable, authorities are increasing a crackdown on pro-Ukrainian voices - while others simply want to live their lives

Ten years of the Crimean spring," say billboards around the Crimean peninsula. It all started with us."

The Russian presidential election, to be held over three days at the end of this week, coincides with the 10-year anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. The swift seizure of the peninsula in March that year, Vladimir Putin's response to the Maidan Revolution in Kyiv, was indeed the beginning of 10 years of military action against Ukraine.