How much of Ukraine's territory does Crimea cover

About 4%.

Ukraine has a vast territorial area of 603,700 square kilometers, Crimea*** and the country is located in the Crimean Peninsula in southwestern Russia, Crimea covers an area of 25,500 square kilometers, bordered by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and boasts a number of famous seaside sanatoriums, such as Yalta and Misty Khol, and so on. Crimea's main ports include Kerch, Sevastopol and Evpatoria, among which Sevastopol is a deep-water, unfrozen harbor and the main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Crimea*** and the country to the north The Crimean Peninsula is connected to the European mainland by an isthmus only a few kilometers wide. To the east of the peninsula is the Kerch Peninsula, which is separated from the mainland by the Kerch Strait. The Kerch Strait connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov.

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Dispute over the Autonomous ****he State of Crimea:

On March 16, 2014, the Autonomous ****he State of Crimea, Ukraine, held a referendum on its status. Chairman of the Commission for the Preparation and Implementation of the Referendum Mareyshev announced on 17 March that a tally of all the votes cast in the referendum showed that more than 96% of voters across the Crimean Peninsula were in favor of Crimea's membership in Russia.

On March 17, 2014, the Parliament of the Autonomous **** and State of Crimea in Ukraine decided that Crimea became a sovereign state on its own, naming it the Crimean **** and State. On that day, 85 members of the 100-seat Crimean parliament voted, and the decision was adopted unanimously. The Crimean Parliament also made a proposal to the Russian Federation to join it as a new federal subject. The Knesset also decided that, as of today, all governmental institutions on the Crimean Peninsula are to transfer their powers and facilities to the Crimean **** and State.

A press release issued by the parliament's press service said the Crimean **** and State is willing to establish relations with other countries on the basis of equality, peace and friendship. On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree that Russia recognizes the Crimean *** and State as an independent and sovereign state.18 Putin approved a draft treaty on Crimea's accession to Russia and signed a treaty on Crimea's accession to Russia with the leader of the Crimean *** and State. The Kremlin said in a statement, "The Crimean **** and State is considered a part of Russia from the date of the signing of the treaty."

Russia said it would respect and support the choice of the Crimean people. However, the Ukrainian authorities have declared illegal the decision of the Crimean parliament to hold a referendum, treating the area as a "temporary enemy-occupied zone". The Group of Seven (G7), which includes the United States, Germany, France and other Western countries, has said it will not recognize the results of the referendum.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on 17 November that the Ukrainian side will not recognize the "so-called Crimean referendum" now or in the future.

The referendum is the third in the history of the Crimean peninsula. The Crimean Autonomous **** and State held two referendums in 1991 and 1994 on greater autonomy and political orientation between Ukraine and Russia.On July 28, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to merge the Southern Federal District and the Crimean Federal District to reorganize them into a new Southern Federal District.?

On May 16, 2018, the highway portion of the Crimean Bridge, which spans the Kerch Strait and connects the Taman Peninsula in Russia's Krasnodar Krai with the city of Kerch in the Crimean **** and country, was officially opened to traffic.

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