The Role of Military Aviation in the Occupation of Crimea (2014)
Journal: Codrul Cosminului
Year: 2021

The occupation of Crimea has become one of the most severe military-political crises of the last decade. The Russian Federation carried out this operation as hybrid war. Along with the widespread use of methods and tools of information warfare, Russia used the units of the Black Sea Fleet stationed in Crimea and the forces additionally transferred to the peninsula. One of the main ways of moving those forces was by aerial military transport. In addition, helicopters were deployed to block the Uk