NYT > World News Crimea, Once a Crossroad of Civilizations, Finds Itself Isolated and Under Attack Par :Neil MacFarquhar · Milana Mazaeva and Anna Lukinova 9 juin 2025 à 05:00 Mostly Russian visitors now cavort along its historic beaches, hoping to avoid the Ukrainian drones whizzing toward military targets. © Alexey Pavlishak/ReutersYalta, Crimea, last month. Roughly six million Ukrainians and Russians visited annually before Russia annexed the peninsula, but the numbers plummeted afterward and the nose-dived again with the invasion of Ukraine.