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Witness History: Russia annexes Crimea

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26/02/2024 GMT

Russia annexes Crimea

BBC World Service - Witness History, Russia annexes Crimea

In 2014, Russia took over the Crimean peninsula

One woman tells her story of the Russian takeover of Crimea in 2014.

In 2014, Russia annexed the strategic Crimean peninsula from Ukraine, a move seen by Kyiv and many other countries as illegal.

The crisis it caused was so acute the world seemed on the brink of a new cold war.

In 2022, one Crimean woman told Louise Hidalgo what it was like to live through. 

(Photo: A soldier outside the Crimean parliament in 2014. Credit: Getty Images)

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