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2014 Crimean crisis
2014 Crimean crisis
Part of the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution
	Location of Crimea (dark green) in Europe within Ukraine (light green)
Date	23 February 2014–present; (10 years, 8 months and 3 weeks)
Location	Crimea, Ukraine
Caused by	Opposition to the Euromaidan movement; Opposition to the post-revolution national government; Repealing of language law that protected minority languages;
Goals	Denial of legitimacy of the new authorities in Kiev; Integration with Russia or establishment of greater governing autonomy within Ukraine; Protection of Russian culture;
Methods	Protests
Status	Ongoing Gunmen seize government buildings and raise the flag of Russia. Gunmen (claimed by Ukrainian government to be Russian soldiers) seized main airports.; Supreme Council of Crimea votes to hold a self-sovereignty referendum on 30 March.; Viktor Yanukovych appears in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, denies legitimacy of the post-revolution government in Kiev, and reasserts claim to the Ukrainian presidency.; Pro-Russian protests spread to Eastern and Southern Ukraine.;
Parties
Supreme Council of Crimea; Council of Ministers of Crimea; Former members of the dissolved Berkut special police unit; Pro-Russian organisations; Russian Unity party; Night Wolves; Don Cossacks; Russia Black Sea Fleet; Airborne Troops; Military Intelligence;	Government of Ukraine Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People; New government supporters (mostly Right Sector members and nationalist activists) ; ;
Lead figures
	Sergey Aksyonov; Volodymyr Konstantinov; Alexei Chalyi Vladimir Putin; Sergey Shoygu; Aleksandr Vitko Oleksandr Turchynov; Arseniy Yatsenyuk; Arsen Avakov; Valentyn Nalyvaichenko; Serhiy Kunitsyn; Mustafa Dzhemilev; Refat Chubarov
Number
Protesters 20,000 (Sevastopol); 5,000 (Simferopol); Volunteer units 5,000 (Sevastopol); 1,700 (Simferopol); Russian Infantry 6,000–28,000; Armed insurgents 300;	Protesters 4,000 — 10,000 (Simferopol);
Casualties and losses
Several serious injuries
	2-3 civilians dead

^ "Ukraine's Crimea: a hotbed of Russia-bound separatism". Euronews. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
^ Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Laura Smith-Spark; Ingrid Formanek (27 February 2014). "Gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea, raise Russian flag". CNN. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference airport_seizure was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Yanukovych reportedly declares he is Ukraine's president and plans press conference in Russia on Feb. 28". KyivPost. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Cite error: The named reference rtmarch1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Москаль: админздания Крыма захватил озлобленный расформированием подразделения "Беркут" | Новости на". Gazeta.ua. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference pRoCRU was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Shuster, Simon. "Ukraine: Russia Ups the Ante in Crimea | TIME.com". World.time.com. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
^ "Луганську ОДА від штурму захищають донські козаки - Відео" (in (in Ukrainian)). 24tv.ua. 2014-01-26. Retrieved 2014-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ "Ukraine crisis live: President Barack Obama warns of 'costs' for any violation of Ukraine". Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
^ ^a ^b "BBC News - Ukraine Crimea: Rival rallies confront one another". Bbc.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
^ "Russian Citizen Elected Sevastopol Mayor Amid Pro-Moscow Protests in Crimea". The Moscow Times. 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference guardian226 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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^ "Two die in rallies outside Crimean parliament, says ex-head of Mejlis". Kyiv Post. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ "ВЗГЛЯД / В давке на митинге в Симферополе погибли три человека". Vz.ru. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
^ "94 ЛЮДИНИ ЗАГИНУЛО ЗА ЧАС ПРОТЕСТІВ В УКРАЇНІ - МОЗ | Українська правда". Pravda.com.ua. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

[cause1-1] "Ukraine's Crimea: a hotbed of Russia-bound separatism". Euronews. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-27.

[2] Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Laura Smith-Spark; Ingrid Formanek (27 February 2014). "Gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea, raise Russian flag". CNN. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[airport_seizure-3] Cite error: The named reference airport_seizure was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "Yanukovych reportedly declares he is Ukraine's president and plans press conference in Russia on Feb. 28". KyivPost. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[rtmarch1-5] Cite error: The named reference rtmarch1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] "Москаль: админздания Крыма захватил озлобленный расформированием подразделения "Беркут" | Новости на". Gazeta.ua. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

[pRoCRU-7] Cite error: The named reference pRoCRU was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[frnz-8] Shuster, Simon. "Ukraine: Russia Ups the Ante in Crimea | TIME.com". World.time.com. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

[9] "Луганську ОДА від штурму захищають донські козаки - Відео" (in (in Ukrainian)). 24tv.ua. 2014-01-26. Retrieved 2014-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[10] "Ukraine crisis live: President Barack Obama warns of 'costs' for any violation of Ukraine". Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

[bbx2-11] "BBC News - Ukraine Crimea: Rival rallies confront one another". Bbc.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

[MTS25214-12] "Russian Citizen Elected Sevastopol Mayor Amid Pro-Moscow Protests in Crimea". The Moscow Times. 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-27.

[EN25214-13] Cite error: The named reference EN25214 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[guardian226-14] Cite error: The named reference guardian226 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[WPC25214-15] Cite error: The named reference WPC25214 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[RallyDeaths-16] "Two die in rallies outside Crimean parliament, says ex-head of Mejlis". Kyiv Post. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[17] "ВЗГЛЯД / В давке на митинге в Симферополе погибли три человека". Vz.ru. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

[18] "94 ЛЮДИНИ ЗАГИНУЛО ЗА ЧАС ПРОТЕСТІВ В УКРАЇНІ - МОЗ | Українська правда". Pravda.com.ua. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

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