Invasion of Crimea

Jonathan Duque

May 23, 2014

Imagine your country had been taken over by a foreign country. Soldiers are outside your houses and your government is powerless. Even worse, the invader denies any activity in your country. The invader had taken over government buildings and airports. Citizens are uneasy and unable to respond.

Russia had invaded Ukraine’s Crimea, the citizens are supporting the invasion. There is a lot of uprisings and rebellions. The ukrainian military is surrounded in their bases and unable to stop the chaos. Eastern Ukraine is in turmoil, rebels had taken over the governments buildings. The threat from the North is clear, according to United Nations report, over 40,000 russians are massed to the border. The russian special forces spetsnaz had gotten into Ukraine. The rebels are armed with Ak-47s, rockets, missiles, and surface to air missiles, the rebels didn’t have that firepower before.

It all started at Crimea when the protesters had taken over the government. The ousted president is accused of corruption and fled the country. On February 23, thousands of crimeans protested against government ruling. The russians had effectively taken over Crimea through russian soldiers without russian insignias The crimeans voted to join Russia on March 16. However, over 80% of the crimean government was pro russian so its not a fair fight. The russians had infiltrated the ukrainian land and had its special forces