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* {{flag|United Nations}} – The UN Security Council held a special meeting on Russia's aggression against Ukraine.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/un-security-council-meets-ukraine-213108555.html UN Security Council meets on Ukraine]</ref> Ukraine urged the Security Council to do "everything possible" to stop Russian aggression against the country after the upper house of parliament in Moscow endorsed military action.
* {{flag|United Nations}} – The UN Security Council held a special meeting on the crisis.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/un-security-council-meets-ukraine-213108555.html UN Security Council meets on Ukraine]</ref> Ukraine urged the Security Council to do "everything possible" to stop Russian aggression against the country after the upper house of parliament in Moscow endorsed military action.
* {{flag|NATO}} -- The North Atlantic Council condemned the Russian Federation’s military escalation in Crimea and expresses its grave concern regarding the authorization by the Russian Parliament to use the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine.<ref>[http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_107681.htm North Atlantic Council statement on the situation in Ukraine]. [[NATO]] webiste. March 2, 2014</ref>
* {{flag|NATO}} -- The North Atlantic Council condemned the Russian Federation’s military escalation in Crimea and expresses its grave concern regarding the authorization by the Russian Parliament to use the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine.<ref>[http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_107681.htm North Atlantic Council statement on the situation in Ukraine]. [[NATO]] webiste. March 2, 2014</ref>
*The [[G7]] countries have condemned what they call a violation of Ukraine's sovereignty, and have urged Russia to withdraw.<ref name=wpinv/><ref name=g7_condemn>{{cite news|title=Ukraine crisis: 'G7' condemn Russia|url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/ukraine-crisis-g7-condemn-russia-20140303-hvfw2.html|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
*The [[G7]] countries have condemned what they call a violation of Ukraine's sovereignty, and have urged Russia to withdraw.<ref name=wpinv/><ref name=g7_condemn>{{cite news|title=Ukraine crisis: 'G7' condemn Russia|url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/ukraine-crisis-g7-condemn-russia-20140303-hvfw2.html|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=3 March 2014}}</ref>

Revision as of 12:20, 3 March 2014

Russian military occupation of the Crimea
Part of the 2014 Crimean crisis

Map of the Crimean peninsula
Date1 March 2014 – present
Location
Crimea and Sevastopol, Ukraine
Status

Ongoing

  • Russia took effective control over Crimea[2]
  • Covert operations by the Russian special forces[3]
Belligerents
 Russia  Ukraine[1]
Commanders and leaders

Pres. Vladimir Putin
Gen. Sergey Shoigu
Gen. Valery Gerasimov
Lt.Gen. Igor Sergun
V.Adm. Aleksandr Vitko

P.M. Sergey Aksyonov
R.Adm. Denis Berezovsky		 Pres. Oleksandr Turchynov
Adm. Ihor Tenyukh
Lt.Gen. Mykhailo Kutsyn
R.Adm. Serhiy Hayduk
Units involved

Russian Armed Forces:
76th Airborne Division
Black Sea Fleet:

GRU Operators

Armed Forces of Ukraine:
Ukrainian Navy

  • 36th Coastal Defense Brigade [4]
Ukrainian Sea Guard
Ukrainian police
Internal Troops
Strength

Black Sea Fleet: 11,000 (including Marines)

Reinforcements: 2,000 – 6,000[4][5]		 ~ 3,500[6]
Casualties and losses
0 (no known casualties) 1 injured[7][1]
50 border guards captured[8]

The Russian military intervention in Ukraine began in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, when, on 1 March 2014, Russian troops seized control of most of the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, including civil buildings, airports, and military bases.[9] The same day, the Russian legislature approved the use of the Russian military in Ukraine, and Russian officials stated that their military forces in Crimea were not a breach of existing agreements between Russia and Ukraine.[10] The Ukrainian response has been muted, with no military action on the part of Ukraine's government, which was formed in Kiev less than a week before the intervention.

Background

Main article: 2014 Crimean crisis
See also: Euromaidan and 2014 Ukrainian revolution

Political crisis and disturbances in Ukraine culminated in ousting President Viktor Yanukovich who fled from Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, on 22 February 2014 as protesters overthrew his administration and the opposition took control of the capital city and national government. [11] Shortly thereafter, the Ukrainian Parliament Verkhovna Rada voted to restore the 2004 version of the Constitution of Ukraine and impeach the former president, Yanukovich. While on the run, Yanukovich declared his unwillingness to resign and some politicians from Ukraine's east and south regions, including Crimea, declared continuing loyalty to Yanukovych.[12]

On 24 February, Russia recalled its ambassador to Ukraine for consultations.[13] On 26 February, President Vladimir Putin ordered an urgent drill to test the combat readiness of his armed forces across western Russia.[14]

On 27 February, a pro-Russian politician, Sergey Aksyonov, was hastily voted in as Crimea's prime minister when armed men in military uniforms that looked Russian but were not "having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance" as such, as the Geneva convention requires[15], seized government buildings in Simferopol, the capital city of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and ousted the prime minister appointed by the President of Ukraine. Aksyonov declared himself in charge of local military and law enforcement. On 1 March, the acting president of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov decreed the Crimean legislature's appointment of Sergei Aksyonov as unconstitutional. The Crimean legislature has declared its intention to hold a referendum on greater autonomy from Kiev on 25 May 2014.[16]

Councilors in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, home to the Russian and Ukrainian Black Sea naval fleets, selected a Russian citizen as mayor, as pro-Russian demonstrators chanted "a Russian mayor for a Russian city". Furthermore, Sevastopol's police chief said he would refuse orders from Kiev.[17] In Sevastopol, Kerch, and other Crimean cities, pro-Russian demonstrators pulled down the flag of Ukraine and replaced it with the flag of Russia.[18][19]

The occupation into Crimea started immediately after the press conference of former President Viktor Yanukovych, held on 28 February 2014 in Rostov-on-Don, near the eastern border of Ukraine, where he called for Putin to "restore order" in Ukraine. Sergey Aksyonov also appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide assistance in ensuring the peace in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Putin swiftly responded and both houses of the Russian legislature (State Duma) voted on 1 March 2014 to send Russian troops into Crimea. [20][21]

Russian occupation

On 26 February 2014, Russian-speaking gunmen in unmarked military uniform, said to be Russian soldiers, established a checkpoint between the major Crimean cities of Sevastopol and Simferopol.[22][23] On 27 February, gunmen in military uniform seized the Crimean parliamentary building and the Council of Ministers building and replaced the Ukrainian flag with the Russian flag.[24]

On 28 February, gunmen accused by the Ukrainian government of being Russian soldiers occupied Simferopol International Airport and Sevastopol International Airport, while Western and independent media reported Russian troop movements in Crimea, including Russian military helicopters moving into the peninsula and Russian Army trucks approaching Simferopol, the Crimean capital.[25][26] Ukrainian officials said Russian forces took over a military airbase in Sevastopol, landed troops at another airbase,[27] and surrounded a coast guard base.[28]

On 1 March, Ukrainian military bases in Crimea were "surrounded and sealed off" by Russian military forces as they seized control of the peninsula. [29] Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the Prime Minister of Ukraine had earlier asked his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to let the frigate through the Bosporus strait, according to the Kiev Times.[30] Sixteen soldiers infiltrated the radio-technical company at the Maganome Cape near Feodosiya.[31][32][failed verification] There was information that the 55th Anti-Air Defense in Yevpatoriya was seized.[31]

On 2 March, a Ukrainian marine infantry detachment stationed around Feodosiya was surrounded by armed men demanding surrender by 9:00AM EET.

On 2 March, the Russian military, without identification, blocked the 36th Ukrainian Coastal Defense unit (Ukrainian Navy) in Perevalne (between Simferopol and Alushta) and demanded that the besieged Ukrainian Marines lay down their arms.[33] The 400 soldiers of the Russian special operations were brought by the ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet BDK "Azov".[34]

On 2 March, 14 Russian Special Operation soldiers attempted to disarm the 191st Training unit of Ukrainian Navy in Sevastopol.[35][36]

There also was an attempt[when?] to take over the 39th Training unit of Ukrainian Navy by another 30 soldiers of the Russian Federation.[37] The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine acknowledged seizure of its headquarters of the Azov-Black Sea regional administration and the Simferopol border detachment by the armed Russian soldiers.[38][39] Later that day there appeared information that the Border Guard headquarters are not overtaken.[40]

At around 18:00 (LST)[date missing] people of the Crimea Front took over the building of Trade Unions in Simferopol and under the flag of Russia announced that they protect the Constitution of Ukraine.[41]

On March 2, 2014 Russian soldiers blocked the Ukrainian military installation А-0669 in Kerch.[42]

On March 2, 2014 the claimed commander of the Ukrainian Navy Rear Admiral Denis Berezovsky officially announced that he pledged his allegiance "to the people of Crimea".[43] On March 2, in interview to Hromadske.TV at around 19:30 MP Yuri Syrotyuk communicated that Berezovsky had been dismissed already at 12:00 (LST), before his defection.[44] The decision was taken in response to Berezovsky's order to lay down arms and not resist the Russian forces in case of blockade or isolation.[44] Some Ukrainian units refused and informed the acting Minister of Defense Ihor Tenyukh, who replaced Berezovsky with Rear Admiral Serhiy Hayduk.[44] Actions of Berezovsky are being checked by the General Prosecutor office.[45]

On March 2, 2014, the head of Chernihiv regional council announced that the Russians were conducting military movements on the Chernihiv Oblast segment of the State Border of Ukraine.[46]

The Internal Troops of Ukraine in Simferopol refused to lay down their arms and side with the Russians.[47]

On March 3, 2014 near 02:00 (LST), Russian troops captured the Ukrainian Border Guard base in Balaklava after repeated assaults.[8]

On March 1-2, 2014 there were arriving ships of the Russian Northern Fleet and the Russian Baltic Fleet.[48]

There were number of incidents where the local civilians requested the Russian soldiers do not provoke the Ukrainian military.[49]

Reactions

Crimean response

Crimean Prime Minister Aksyonov asserted control over all security forces in Crimea and appealed to Putin for assistance in maintaining "peace and tranquility". He said officers who disagreed with his decision should resign.[50]

The chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Refat Chubarov, expressed concern that Tatars in Crimea would be threatened as a result of the Russian takeover. He said Crimea is part of Ukraine and warned of a collapse in "world order" if Russia succeeds in separating Crimea from Ukraine.[51]

Ukrainian response

Interim Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russia of "provoking a conflict" by invading Crimea. He compared Russia's military actions to the 2008 Russia–Georgia war, when Russian troops occupied parts of the Republic of Georgia, and the breakaway enclaves of Abkhazia and South Ossetia were established under the control of Russian-backed administrations. He called on Putin to withdraw Russian troops from Crimea and stated that Ukraine will "preserve its territory" and "defend its independence".[52] On 1 March, he warned, "Military intervention would be the beginning of war and the end of any relations between Ukraine and Russia."[53]

On 1 March, Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov placed the Armed Forces of Ukraine on full alert and combat readiness. [54]

As Russia stated that its occupation of Crimea was aimed at protecting Russians abroad, Ukrainian Radio and U.S. officials compared the current crisis in Crimea with the Sudeten Crisis of 1938 in Czechoslovakia, which preceded the start of World War II.[55][56]

Leonid Kravchuk, the first president of Ukraine, condemned Russian intervention and occupation of Crimea by Russian forces.[57] He said that even though he is 80, he will take a weapon and defend his land.[58]

Yulia Tymoshenko assures that the reason for the Russian aggression is due to the Ukrainian intent for European integration.[59] In her opinion, Russia seeks full capitulation of Ukraine.[60]

National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine issued a notice where it informs that the Russian Federation completely violates conditions of the Russian Black Sea Fleet base on the territory of Ukraine.[61]

Russian response

Before the military intervention, Russia recalled its ambassador to Ukraine for consultations.[13] Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly told his US counterpart, Barack Obama, that Russia was acting to protect ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.[62] In Moscow, a meeting took place next to the building of the Ministry of Defense in protest against the Russian intervention in Ukraine. 28 protesters were arrested by the police.[63]

The deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigory Karasin accused the new Cabinet of Ukraine in chauvinism.[64]

International reactions

  •  United States – On March 1, President Obama held a phone conservation with Putin and said that the Russian invasion was a "violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity... [and a] breach of international law." He warned of "greater political and economic isolation" and threatened to withdraw the United States from the 40th G8 summit chaired by Russia.[65]
  •  China - On 1 March, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang has urged all sides involved in the Ukraine situation to comply with international law and seek a political solution to their disputes through dialogue and negotiations. [66]
  •  Canada – On 1 March, Canada recalled its ambassador from Russia. [67]
  •  Sweden – On 1 March, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt made several statements condemning the ongoing Russian military occupation of Crimea. [68] He said that it is obvious that an occupation of Crimea by Russia is taking place.[69]
  •  Australia – On 2 March, the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that Russia's actions in Ukraine were "not the kind... of a friend and neighbour and I think Russia should back off".[70]
  •  New Zealand – On 2 March, New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said the situation was "deeply worrying".[71]
  •  Germany – On 2 March, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Russia to explain its intentions regarding its troops in Crimea.[72]
  •  Ireland – On 2 March, Irish Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore called on Russia to abide by international law and to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and independence. He described the situation as "dangerous" and called on all sides to avoid "any provocation".[73]
  •  Japan – On the same day, Fumio Kishida, the Foreign Minister of Japan said his country is concerned about the situation and urged all parties to exercise restraint.[74]
  •  United Kingdom – On 1 March, British Foreign Minister William Hague removed Britain from preparations for the upcoming G8 summit due to Russia's intervention in Crimea. On 1 March, Mr Hague said the UK would work with international partners to "ensure that reforms by Ukraine are matched by international willingness to provide economic support". [75]
  •  Czech Republic - Former Czech Minister for Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg compared Russian military intervention with the 1938 German occupation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland region on the pretext of "protecting its German population" (as well as with other similar crises).[76]
  •  Russia - Aleksei Pushkov [Q4384817], the Chairman of the Russian State Duma committee on Foreign Affairs, said that if the will of the people should decide who should rule in Kiev and should lead to self-determination for Kosovo, then it would be wrong to deny the same rights to the majority of people in Crimea. He added that he thought the Crimean Parliament's planned March 30th[77] referendum (on greater Crimean autonomy, according to the BBC's Russian-language service)[78] was a much more legitimate way to change the status quo than the demonstrations on Kiev's Maidan Square.[78]

International organizations

  •  United Nations – The UN Security Council held a special meeting on the crisis.[79] Ukraine urged the Security Council to do "everything possible" to stop Russian aggression against the country after the upper house of parliament in Moscow endorsed military action.
  •  NATO -- The North Atlantic Council condemned the Russian Federation’s military escalation in Crimea and expresses its grave concern regarding the authorization by the Russian Parliament to use the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine.[80]
  • The G7 countries have condemned what they call a violation of Ukraine's sovereignty, and have urged Russia to withdraw.[65][81]
  • G8 - The 40th G8 summit in Sochi, Russian Federation is now under a threat as all seven leaders are refusing to participate in it due to clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, in contravention of Russia’s obligations under the UN Charter and its 1997 basing agreement with Ukraine.[82]

See also

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