2003 Tuzla Island conflict

2003 Tuzla Island conflict
Part of the Post-Soviet conflicts
Kerch Strait in 2011, with the long, thin causeway stretching from the Russian coast towards the island
Date September–October 2003 Location Tuzla Island, Kerch Strait Result See the #Aftermath section
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Vladimir Putin Mikhail Kasyanov	Leonid Kuchma Viktor Yanukovych

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A dispute over Tuzla Island in the Kerch Strait arose between Russia and Ukraine in 2003, sparked by unannounced Russian construction of a causeway from their side of the strait toward the island, which is Ukrainian territory.^[1] Russians offered various reasons for building the causeway, but Ukraine saw it as a threat to their territorial integrity. The dispute raised fears of an armed confrontation,^[2] but a settlement was negotiated.