The Crimea Crisis

Crimea, The most wanted headlines of every newspaper nowadays. Not for achieving for something but for a war. Actually it was started in Russian Civil War, the time when Russia was ruled by two armies The White Army & The Red Army, the white army was conducted by The White Movement, a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces and the red army by Soviet Armed Forces but Crimea was controlled by white army. In 1921 they were defeated by red army. 

But again in World War II Crimea was occupied by Nazi Germany from July 1942 - May 1944. In 1954, it was transferred to the Ukraine. In 1991, it became part of independent Ukraine. Currently, a majority of people in Crimea are of  Russian Federation and minority is of Ukraine.

As a result of the 2014 Crimean Crisis, the sovereignty over the Crimea is currently disputed between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Now Russia declared Crimea it's own peninsula and currently controlled by the Russian Federation which is not recognized by United Nations. 

Ukraine-Russia tension

The port of Sevastopol is a major naval base and has been home to the Black Sea Fleet since Soviet times. The collapse of the USSR, the fleet was divided up between Russia and Ukraine. The continuing presence of the Russian fleet in Sevastopol (shown in above map) has been a focus of tension between Russia and Ukraine. In 2008, Ukraine - then under the pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko - demanded that Moscow not use the Black Sea Fleet during its conflict with Georgia.

International Reaction

• According to the results of the United Nations General Assembly vote a major part of countries including USA, Australia, Saudi Arab, New Zealand, Japan etc are in favor of Ukraine and as usual  Russia is against them with some other countries whereas a major part of Asia including India, China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and a major part of South America and Africa didn't participate in this poll.

• According to the Official Government Statements many countries condemned the military action of Russia in Crimea and are in support with Ukraine territorial integrity.

• A major part of the wold is agreed with the result of 2014 for Crimean peninsula.

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  Request by Council of Ministers of Crimea to Ukrainian 55th Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment in Yevpatoria to lay down arms under control of Russian Black Sea Fleet for the period of Crimean referendum