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World Service,25 Feb 2022,9 mins,

The 2014 annexation of Crimea

Witness History
Contains some violent scenes and some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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In 2014, Russia annexed the strategic Crimean peninsula from Ukraine. Although Crimea was also home to a large Russian naval base, the annexation was seen by Kyiv and the world as illegal. The crisis it caused was so acute, the world seemed on the brink of a new cold war. Louise Hidalgo has been speaking to one Crimean woman who lived through it. PHOTO: A soldier without identifying insignia outside the Crimean parliament in 2014 (Getty Images)

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