The Russian Invasion of Crimea 2014

Podcast: The War Office · The Operations Room

Opublikowano: 2026-05-26

On 27 February 2014, armed and masked men with no insignia or identification begin to appear in Simferopol, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine. These “little green men,” as they will soon become better known, occupy key intersections and set perimeters around government buildings in the city. This is the official beginning of Russia’s invasion of Crimea, the first action in Russia’s quest to expand its territories into Ukraine. Thanks to: Professor Mark Galeotti, author of ‘Putin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-zone Warfare Opens the Russia-Ukraine Conflict' Jesse Driscoll, Professor of Political...