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Did a search but there don't seem to be any recent threads. Has anybody been recently and how was it? I'll be heading east in 2020 and spending a little time in southern Russia after exiting Ukraine, thought it might be an interesting place to visit.

I'm aware that Ukraine gets upset if anyone enters Crimea on a Russian visa without seeking their permission, but I'd be going via the Kerch bridge, which is Russian territory so the Ukrainians wouldn't know I'd been there. It's fairly unlikely I'd be going back to Ukraine in future anyway. I'm also aware the FCO warn against travel there as they can't provide consular assistance, but there are worse things in world travel.

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From what I understand the situation there is pretty stable but you cannot use credit cards and the border between Ukraine and Crimea is closed, locals only you would have to go to Russia and take Kerch straight bridge. And to get there you would have to go around warzone in DNR/LNR.
EDIT: probably phone sim wouldn't work either.
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Yes, the UKR border is closed but from what I can see Crimea is accessible from Russia by the Kerch bridge on a normal Russian visa. No need to go anywhere near the warzone in Luhansk/Donetsk.
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It is just if Ukraine knows that you have been there.

in 2017 I met some European Motorcycle riders in Russia who have been to a Festival in Crimea and they were worried about Ukraine to go through there.
They had the message, that also in Crimea there are Ukrainian intelligence forces to look who is around.

I dont know if it is so, but this people hat contact to some people there who told them to be careful.
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I'm just passing through this thread to remind people that civility is greatly valued here--and difficult to sustain once the subject shifts to sensitive political matters. Please keep your end of things respectful and resist any temptation to poke and prod at the other guy.

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June 2020 I'll go to crimea !

To get in and out of the Crimea I'll go over the Kercht Bridge.

then to return to Europe, I plan to enter Ukraine via Rostov and cross Ukraine to the border of Lviv
(By avoiding the common border between Ukraine and the Crimea)

Do you have any information about the attitude of Ukrainian customs officers towards travellers who have wheeled into the Crimea?

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then to return to Europe, I plan to enter Ukraine via Rostov...
I don't think you can (or should) enter Ukraine anywhere near Rostov--that whole part of Ukraine is essentially a warzone, or at least not safe and probably not possible to enter or exit. See this thread for a map of the occupied area and coordinates for southernmost practicable crossing into Ukraine:
https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...aganrog-100081
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Do you have any information about the attitude of Ukrainian customs officers towards travellers who have wheeled into the Crimea?
As the guys already said, Ukraine views anyone who has entered Crimea from Russia as having entered the territory illegally. They may be fined, banned from the country, or worse. The question is, would they know? As far as I'm aware there is no special stamp or visa to visit the area, so if you don't tell them, they don't know.
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