In 2014, Russia shocked the world by sending its troops to Crimea and then annexing the Ukrainian peninsula. People around the globe were watching these events unfold with perplexity and confusion. The move was not unprecedented for Russia, however. More than 200 years ago Russia, as an empire at the time, had already unlawfully seized Crimea for the first time.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Daily Sabah: Crimea – story of a twice stolen peninsula
A woman waits in front of unidentified men in military fatigues blocking a base of the Ukrainian frontier guard unit in Balaklava, Crimea, on March 1, 2014.
