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Crimea, Once a Crossroad of Civilizations, Finds Itself Isolated and Under Attack

Mostly Russian visitors now cavort along its historic beaches, hoping to avoid the Ukrainian drones whizzing toward military targets.

© Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters

Yalta, 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.
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