In order to understand this matter, some fundamental background must first be briefly presented, and it is this (the remainder of this paragraph). Ukraine’s Government has consistently promised that it will retake Crimea, which had been part of Russia during 1783 – 1954 when the Soviet leader Khrushchev then transferred it to Ukraine, and which subsequently broke away from Ukraine in 2014 to rejoin Russia. Russia has re established its sovereignty there, after a 2014 referendum in Crimea showed over 90% support by voters for Russia to do so. That’s the background.

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