"Reflecting on 10 Years: Crimea's Transformation Under Russian Occupation"

After 10 years of Russian occupation, Crimea has become highly militarized, subsidized, and isolated, with a significant shift in its economy towards dependence on the Russian federal budget and the military-industrial complex. The population has seen a mass resettlement of Russians and the deportation of Ukrainians, while education has been heavily Russified and the indigenous Crimean Tatars have faced repression. As Ukraine aims to liberate Crimea, local partisans have played a key role in aiding Ukrainian military operations on the peninsula, and Ukraine is actively preparing for Crimean reintegration, but the process will be challenging.