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On 27 March 2014, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution describing the referendum leading to annexation of Crimea by Russia as illegal. [437] The draft resolution, which was titled "Territorial integrity of Ukraine", was co-sponsored by Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and the US.
On 27 February 2014, unmarked Russian soldiers were deployed to the Crimean Peninsula in order to wrest control of it from Ukraine, starting the Russo-Ukrainian War. [1] This military occupation, which the Ukrainian government considers to have begun on 20 February, [2] [3] laid the foundation for the Russian annexation of Crimea on 18 March 2014.
A revision of the Russian Constitution was officially released with the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol added to the federal subjects of the Russian Federation, [94] and the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated that Crimea had been fully integrated into Russia. [95] Since the annexation Russia has supported large ...
Following Russia's annexation of Crimea, Ukraine blocked the North Crimean Canal, which provided 85% of Crimea's drinking and irrigation water. [453] Interim Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russia of "provoking a conflict" by backing the seizure of the Crimean parliament building and other government offices on the Crimean ...
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation: Referendum on the political status of Crimea: 18 March: Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation: Putin and Crimean officials signed the Treaty on Accession of the Republic of Crimea to Russia. 26 October: 2011 time zones reform was canceled 2015: 1 January
By the time of the 2014 Russian annexation, Crimea had been part of Ukraine for 60 years. Leonid Kravchuk, the first president of independent Ukraine, said Kyiv had invested some $100 billion into ...
NBC News took a rare trip inside Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2014 and now a target for Ukraine ahead of new offensives.
People of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation (1 C, 70 P) W. ... Timeline of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation; A. Arabat Spit; B.