2003 Tuzla Island conflict

A crisis in Russia–Ukraine relations developed at the end of 2003 caused by disputes over the ownership of Tuzla Island and the construction by Russia of a dam in the Kerch Strait to Tuzla Island. The dispute raised fears of an armed confrontation.

2003 Tuzla Island conflict
Part of the Post-Soviet conflicts

Kerch Strait in 2011 depicting an extensive landform that appears to stretch from the Russian coast towards the island
DateSeptember–October 2003
Location
Tuzla Island, Kerch Strait
Result See the Aftermath section
Belligerents
Russia Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Kasyanov		 Leonid Kuchma
Viktor Yanukovych
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