Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

annexation, self-determination

Akụkụ nke	Agha Russo-Ukrainian, 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine
onye dị ịrịba ama	Sergey Aksyonov
mba/obodo	Yukrain, Mpaghara Russia
ebe	Crimea
na-esochi	Revolution of Dignity, 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea, 1954 transfer of Crimea
oge omelu	2014
oge obidoro	Febụwarị 2014
oge ngwụcha	26 Maachị 2014
time period	Russia under Vladimir Putin, history of Ukraine since 1991
has cause	impeachment of Viktor Yanukovych, Russian irredentism, Belavezha Accords, political status of Crimea
has immediate cause	Euromaidan
has effect	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
ihu nke	Russian irredentism, Agha Russo-Ukrainian, Russian imperialism, political status of Crimea

</ref>|units1=Based in Crimea,
elements of

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|casualties2=
• 2 soldiers killed
• 60–80 soldiers detained
• 9,268 military servicemen and 7,050 civilian employees defected

|strength2=Protesters

• 4,000–10,000 (Simferopol)

Ukrainian military forces

• 5,000–22,000 troops
• 40,000 reservists, partly mobilised (outside Crimea)|partof=the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the Russo-Ukrainian War|strength1=Protesters
• 20,000 (Sevastopol)
• 10,000 (Simferopol)

Volunteer units

• 5,000 (Sevastopol)
• 1,700 (Simferopol)

Russian military forces

• 20,000–30,000 troops|commander2= Oleksandr Turchynov
  Àtụ:Country data UkraineÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Arseniy Yatsenyuk
  Àtụ:Country data UkraineÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Ihor Tenyukh
  Àtụ:Country data UkraineÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Mykhailo Kutsyn
  Àtụ:Country data UkraineÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Serhiy Hayduk
  Àtụ:Country data UkraineÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Arsen Avakov
  Àtụ:Country data UkraineÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Valentyn Nalyvaichenko
  Àtụ:Country data UkraineÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Andriy Parubiy
  Àtụ:Country data Autonomous Republic of CrimeaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Anatolii Mohyliov
  Àtụ:Country data Autonomous Republic of CrimeaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Serhiy Kunitsyn
  Refat Chubarov
  Mustafa Dzhemilev|commander1= Vladimir Putin
  Àtụ:Country data RussiaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Dmitry Medvedev
  Àtụ:Country data RussiaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Sergey Shoygu
  Àtụ:Country data RussiaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Valery Gerasimov
  Àtụ:Country data RussiaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Aleksandr Vitko
  Àtụ:Country data RussiaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Oleg Belaventsev
  Àtụ:Country data RussiaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Alexey Dyumin
  Àtụ:Country data Republic of CrimeaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Sergey Aksyonov
  Àtụ:Country data Republic of CrimeaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Vladimir Konstantinov
  Àtụ:Country data Republic of CrimeaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Viktor Pshonka
  Àtụ:Country data Republic of CrimeaÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Rustam Temirgaliev
  Àtụ:Country data SevastopolÀtụ:Namespace detect showall Alexey Chaly|combatant2=Àtụ:Country data Ukraine|combatant1=Àtụ:Country data 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.
• The head of the Ukrainian Navy, Admiral Berezovsky, defects, followed later by half of the Ukrainian military stationed in the region.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The Russian State Duma officially passed the Federal Law Admitting to the Russian Federation the Republic of Crimea on 21 March.
• Russia suspended from G8.
• International sanctions introduced on Russia.|status=|coordinates=|place=Crimean Peninsula|date=Àtụ:Bulletlist|caption=Russian President Vladimir Putin signs the treaty of accession with Crimean leaders in Moscow, 18 March 2014.|image=|units2=Armed forces

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)}}

Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

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". 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 weghaara Kansụl Kasị Elu (ụlọ omebe iwu) nke Crimea 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. Rọshịa webatara Crimea n'ụzọ iwu ka ọ bụrụ obodo gọọmentị etiti Russia abụọ — Republic of Crimea na obodo Sevastopol nke etiti Sevastopol na 2014 iji mee ka ọnọdụ ọhụrụ ahụ sie ike na ala.