Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
| Akụkụ nke | Agha Russo-Ukrainian, 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
|---|---|
| Ihu nke | Russian irredentism, Agha Russo-Ukrainian, Russian imperialism, political status of Crimea |
| Onye dị ịrịba ama | Sergei Aksyonov |
| Mba/obodo | Yukrain, Russia, Republic of Crimea |
| Ebe | Crimea |
| Na-esochi | Revolution of Dignity, 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea, transfer of Crimea to Ukraine |
| Oge omelu | 2014 |
| Oge obidoro | 20 Febụwarị 2014 |
| Oge ngwụcha | 26 Maachị 2014 |
| Oge oge | Russia under Vladimir Putin, history of Ukraine since 1991 |
| Ihe kpatara ya | impeachment of Viktor Yanukovych, Russian irredentism, Belovezh Accords, political status of Crimea, Kharkiv Pact |
| Nwere ihe kpatara ya ozugbo | Euromaidan |
| Nwere mmetụta | international reactions to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation |
| Iwu isi Ederede | Treaty on the Adoption of the Republic of Crimea to Russia, Federal constitutional law of 2001-12-17 no. 6-FKZ, Q123909027 |
| Object of occurrence | Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Севастополь |
| Theorized by | Valeriya Novodvorskaya |
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elements of[1]
Navy
- 510th Naval Inf Bde (Feodosiia)
- 810th Naval Inf Bde (Simferopol)
Deployed to Crimea, elements of
Ground Forces
- 18th Mot Rifle Bde (Grozny)
- 291st Artillery Bde (Troitskaya)
(GRU command)
- 3rd Spetsnaz Bde (Tolyatti)
- 10th Spetsnaz Bde (Krasnodar)
- 16th Spetsnaz Bde (Tambov)
- 22nd Spetsnaz Bde (Stepnoy)
- 25th Spetsnaz Rgt (Stavropol)
- 45th Spetsnaz Rgt
(Kubinka, Moscow)
Airborne
- 7th Air Assault Div (Novorossiysk)
- 31st Indep Air Assault Bde
(Ulyanovsk)
Navy
- 382nd Naval Inf Bn (Temryuk)
- 727th Naval Inf Bn (Astrakhan)
Special Operations Forces
- SOF Command (Prokhladny)|notes=|casualties_label=|fined=|charged=|detentions=|arrests=|injuries=|fatalities=|casualties3=2 civilian deaths during the protests, 1 civilian killed by "Crimean self-defense" under the leadership of a former serviceman of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation[2][3][4][5][6][7]|casualties2=
- 2 soldiers killed[8]
- 60–80 soldiers detained[9]
- 9,268 military servicemen and 7,050 civilian employees defected[10][11]
|strength2=Protesters
Ukrainian military forces
- 5,000–22,000 troops[14][15]
- 40,000 reservists, partly mobilised (outside Crimea)[16]|partof=the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the Russo-Ukrainian War|strength1=Protesters
- 20,000 (Sevastopol)[17][18]
- 10,000 (Simferopol)[19]
- 5,000 (Sevastopol)
- 1,700 (Simferopol)
Russian military forces
- 20,000–30,000 troops[21]|commander2=
Oleksandr Turchynov
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Ihor Tenyukh
Mykhailo Kutsyn
Serhiy Hayduk
Arsen Avakov
Valentyn Nalyvaichenko
Andriy Parubiy
Templeeti:Country data Autonomous Republic of CrimeaTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Anatolii Mohyliov
Templeeti:Country data Autonomous Republic of CrimeaTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Serhiy Kunitsyn
Refat Chubarov
Mustafa Dzhemilev|commander1=
Vladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Sergey Shoygu
Valery Gerasimov
Aleksandr Vitko
Oleg Belaventsev
Alexey Dyumin
Templeeti:Country data Republic of CrimeaTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Sergey Aksyonov
Templeeti:Country data Republic of CrimeaTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Vladimir Konstantinov
Templeeti:Country data Republic of CrimeaTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Viktor Pshonka
Templeeti:Country data Republic of CrimeaTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Rustam Temirgaliev
Templeeti:Country data SevastopolTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Alexey Chaly|combatant2=
Ukraine|combatant1=
Russia|result=Russian strategic and territorial victory - Russian masked troops invade and occupy key Crimean locations, including airports and military bases, following Putin's orders.[22][23]
- The head of the Ukrainian Navy, Admiral Berezovsky, defects, followed later by half of the Ukrainian military stationed in the region.[24][25][26]
- Russian forces seize the Supreme Council (Crimean parliament) on 27 February. The Council of Ministers of Crimea is dissolved and a new pro-Russian Prime Minister installed.[27][28]
- The Supreme Council declares the Republic of Crimea to be an independent, self-governing entity, then holds a controversial referendum on the status of Crimea on 16 March, which results in a majority vote to join the Russian Federation.[29]
- Treaty signed between the Republic of Crimea and the Russian Federation at the Kremlin on 18 March to formally initiate Crimea's accession to the Russian Federation.[30]
- The Ukrainian Armed Forces are evicted from their bases on 19 March by Crimean protesters and Russian troops. Ukraine subsequently announces the withdrawal of its forces from Crimea.[31]
- The Russian State Duma officially passed the Federal Law Admitting to the Russian Federation the Republic of Crimea on 21 March.[32]
- Russia suspended from G8.[33]
- International sanctions introduced on Russia.|status=|coordinates=|place=Crimean Peninsula|date=Templeeti:Bulletlist|caption=Russian President Vladimir Putin signs the treaty of accession with Crimean leaders in Moscow, 18 March 2014.|image=
|units2=Armed forces[1]
Navy
- 36th Indep Coastal Def Bde (at Perevalne)
- 1st Indep Naval Inf Bn (Feodosiia)
- 56th Indep Gds Bn (Sevastopol)
- 501st Indep Naval Inf Bn (Kerch)
- 406th Indep Artillery Bde (Simferopol)
- 37th Indep Comms and Control Rgt (Sevastopol)
Paramilitary
Interior troops
- 9th Indep Bde (Simferopol)
- 15th Indep Bn (Yevpatoriia)
- 18th Indep Spec Mot Militia Bn (Haspra)
- 42nd Indep Operational Rgt (Sevastopol)
- 47th Bde (Feodosiia)
Border guards
- Special-Purpose Border Guard Bn (Yalta)}}

Na February na March 2014, Russia wakporo ma mesịa wepụta Peninsula Crimea na Ukraine. Ihe omume a mere n'ihi mgbanwe mgbanwe nke nkwanye ùgwù ma bụrụ akụkụ nke esemokwu Russo-Ukrainian sara mbara.
Na 22–23 February 2014, Onye isi ala Russia Vladimir Putin kpọkọtara nzukọ abalị niile na ndị isi ọrụ nchekwa iji kparịta mwepu nke onye isi ala Ukraine a chụpụrụ, Viktor Yanukovych. Na njedebe nke nzukọ ahụ, Putin kwuru na "anyị ga-amalite ịrụ ọrụ na ịlaghachi Crimea na Russia". [34] Na 23 nke ọnwa Febụwarị, e mere ihe ngosi pro-Russian n'obodo Sevastopol nke Crimea. Na 27 February, ndị agha Russia kpuchie na-enweghị akara ngosi [35] weghaara Kansụl Kasị Elu (ụlọ omebe iwu) nke Crimea [36] [37] wee weghara saịtị ndị dị mkpa n'ofe Crimea, nke butere nwụnye gọọmentị pro-Russian Sergey Aksyonov na Crimea., na-eduzi referendum ọnọdụ Crimea na nkwupụta nke nnwere onwe nke Crimea na 16 Maachị 2014. [38] [39] Rọshịa webatara Crimea n'ụzọ iwu ka ọ bụrụ obodo gọọmentị etiti Russia abụọ — Republic of Crimea na obodo Sevastopol nke etiti Sevastopol na [40] 2014 [41] iji mee ka ọnọdụ ọhụrụ ahụ sie ike na ala. [42]
- 1 2 Galeotti, Mark (2019). Armies of Russia's War in Ukraine. Elite 228. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 11–12. ISBN 9781472833440.
- ↑ ФСБ и крымские "потеряшки" - FSB and Crimean "losses" — RFEL, 13 June 2016
- ↑ Гюндуз Мамедов, прокурор АР Крим: "Під процесуальним керівництвом прокуратури АР Крим розкрито викрадення кримськотатарського активіста Решата Аметова" - Gunduz Mamedov, Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea: "Under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the abduction of Crimean Tatar activist Reshat Ametov has been revealed" — Prosecutor's office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city, 10 September 2019
- ↑ "Two die in rallies outside Crimean parliament, says ex-head of Mejlis". Kyiv Post. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ↑ JC Finley (27 February 2014). "Unrest in Crimea leaves 2 dead; government buildings seized". United Press International. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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- ↑ Зверски убитого крымского татарина звали Решат Аметов. Трое малолетних детей осиротели. [Brutally murdered Crimean Tatar's name was Reshat Ametov. Three toddlers left orphaned.]. censor.net.ua (in Asụsụ Russia). 18 March 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ↑ "Russian marine kills Ukraine navy officer in Crimea, says ministry". Reuters. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
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- ↑ "Russia employs over 16,000 former servicemen and personnel of Ukrainian armed forces". TASS. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ↑ "Бывшие украинские военнослужащие вливаются в Вооруженные Силы РФ" [Former Ukrainian military join the Russian Armed Forces]. Novyy Sevastopol (new-sebastopol.com). 25 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ↑ "Crimean Tatars, pro-Russia supporters approach Crimean parliament building". UA. Interfax. 20 October 2012.
- ↑ "Russia puts military on high alert as Crimea protests leave one man dead". The Guardian. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ↑ Ewen MacAskill, defence correspondent (28 February 2014). "Ukraine military still a formidable force despite being dwarfed by neighbour". The Guardian.
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- ↑ Faiola, Anthony (17 March 2014). "Ukraine mobilizes reservists but relies on diplomacy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ↑ "Russian Citizen Elected Sevastopol Mayor Amid Pro-Moscow Protests in Crimea". The Moscow Times. 24 February 2014.
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- ↑ "Russian flags flood Crimean capital as thousands back takeover by Russia". The Straits Times. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ↑ "Pro-Russian rally in Crimea decries Kiev 'bandits'". The Washington Post. 25 February 2014.
- ↑ Pollard, Ruth (13 March 2014). "Russia closing door on Crimea as troops build up". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ↑ Courtney Weaver (15 March 2015). "Putin was ready to put nuclear weapons on alert in Crimea crisis". Financial Times. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ↑ Аваков назвав захоплення аеропортів в Криму озброєним вторгненням і окупацією [Avakov called the seizure of airports in Crimea an armed invasion and occupation] (in Asụsụ Ukrain). Ukrinform. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ↑ "Ukrainian soldiers on border with Crimea pray for peace, prepare for war". Kyiv Post. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
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- ↑ Bridget Kendall (2 March 2014). "New head of Ukraine's navy defects in Crimea". BBC. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ↑ Weiss, Michael (1 March 2014). "Russia Stages a Coup in Crimea". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ↑ Gumuchian, Marie-Louise; Smith-Spark, Laura; Formanek, Ingrid (27 February 2014). "Gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea, raise Russian flag". CNN. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ↑ "Ukraine crisis: Crimea parliament asks to join Russia". BBC News. 6 March 2014.
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- ↑ "Ukraine 'preparing withdrawal of troops from Crimea'". BBC News. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ↑ "Putin signs laws on reunification of Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia". ITAR TASS. 21 March 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ↑ Matthew Fisher (24 March 2014). "Russia suspended from G8 over annexation of Crimea, Group of Seven nations says". National Post. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ↑ "Putin describes secret operation to seize Crimea". Yahoo News. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ↑ Weaver, Courtney (2015-03-15). "Putin was ready to put nuclear weapons on alert in Crimea crisis". Financial Times. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
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- ↑ De Carbonnel, Alissa (13 March 2014). "RPT-INSIGHT-How the separatists delivered Crimea to Moscow". Reuters. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
Only a week after gunmen planted the Russian flag on the local parliament, Aksyonov and his allies held another vote and declared parliament was appealing to Putin to annex Crimea
- ↑ Ilya Somin (6 May 2014). "Russian government agency reveals fraudulent nature of the Crimean referendum results". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (in Asụsụ Ukrain). 15 March 2014 http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/891-18.
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- ↑ "Four years since Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea". Government.no. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ ""Russia Threatens Nuclear Strikes Over Crimea"". The Diplomat. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2021.