SLAVIANSK, Ukraine — There are important differences between Russia's intervention in Crimea and the events unfolding this week in eastern Ukraine which suggest Moscow has adapted its Crimea playbook and may be pursuing a different outcome.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Kremlin adapts Crimea playbook in east Ukraine
Girls wearing WWII-style Soviet Union military uniforms dance in Alushta on April 15, 2014 during celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of Simferopol's liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944. Crimea's largely Russian-speaking residents voted in March to become part of Russia, in a hastily organised referendum held as Russian troops patrolled the region. AFP PHOTO / YURI LASHOV
