Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

|units1=**Based in Crimea,<br />elements of**                  

Navy
* 510th Naval Inf Bde (Feodosiia)
* 810th Naval Inf Bde (Simferopol)

**Deployed to Crimea, elements of**

Ground Forces 
* 18th Mot Rifle Bde (Grozny)
* 291st Artillery Bde (Troitskaya)

(GRU command)
* 3rd Spetsnaz Bde (Tolyatti)
* 10th Spetsnaz Bde (Krasnodar)
* 16th Spetsnaz Bde (Tambov)
* 22nd Spetsnaz Bde (Stepnoy)
* 25th Spetsnaz Rgt (Stavropol)
* 45th Spetsnaz Rgt(Kubinka, Moscow)

Airborne
* 7th Air Assault Div (Novorossiysk)
* 31st Indep Air Assault Bde(Ulyanovsk)

Navy
* 382nd Naval Inf Bn (Temryuk)
* 727th Naval Inf Bn (Astrakhan)

Special Operations Forces
* SOF Command (Prokhladny)|notes=|casualties_label=|fined=|charged=|detentions=|arrests=|injuries=|fatalities=|casualties3=2 civilian deaths during the protests, 1 civilian killed by "Crimean self-defense" under the leadership of a former serviceman of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation|casualties2=|strength2=**Protesters**
* 4,000–10,000 (Simferopol)

* 
* 40,000 reservists, partly mobilised (outside Crimea)|partof=the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the Russo-Ukrainian War|strength1=**Protesters**
* 
* 10,000 (Simferopol)

**Volunteer units**
* 5,000 (Sevastopol)
* 1,700 (Simferopol)

**Russian military forces**
* 20,000–30,000 troops|commander2= **[[Oleksandr Turchynov]]** Arseniy Yatsenyuk Ihor Tenyukh Mykhailo Kutsyn Serhiy Hayduk Arsen Avakov Valentyn Nalyvaichenko Andriy Parubiy Anatolii Mohyliov Serhiy Kunitsyn  Refat Chubarov  Mustafa Dzhemilev|commander1= **[[Vladimir Putin]]** Dmitry Medvedev Sergey Shoygu Valery Gerasimov Aleksandr Vitko Oleg Belaventsev Alexey Dyumin Sergey Aksyonov Vladimir Konstantinov Viktor Pshonka Rustam Temirgaliev Alexey Chaly|combatant2=|combatant1=|result=**Russian strategic and territorial victory**
* Russian masked troops invade and occupy key Crimean locations, including airports and military bases, following Putin's orders.
* The head of the Ukrainian Navy, Admiral Berezovsky, defects, followed later by half of the Ukrainian military stationed in the region.
* Russian forces seize the Supreme Council (Crimean parliament) on 27 February. The Council of Ministers of Crimea is dissolved and a new pro-Russian Prime Minister installed.
* The Supreme Council declares the Republic of Crimea to be an independent, self-governing entity, then holds a controversial referendum on the status of Crimea on 16 March, which results in a majority vote to join the Russian Federation.
* Treaty signed between the Republic of Crimea and the Russian Federation at the Kremlin on 18 March to formally initiate Crimea's accession to the Russian Federation.
* The Ukrainian Armed Forces are evicted from their bases on 19 March by Crimean protesters and Russian troops. Ukraine subsequently announces the withdrawal of its forces from Crimea.
* The Russian State Duma officially passed the Federal Law Admitting to the Russian Federation the Republic of Crimea on 21 March.
* Russia suspended from G8.
* International sanctions introduced on Russia.|status=|coordinates=|place=Crimean Peninsula|date=|caption=Russian President Vladimir Putin signs the treaty of accession with Crimean leaders in Moscow, 18 March 2014.|image=|units2=**Armed forces**

Navy
* 36th Indep Coastal Def Bde (at Perevalne)
** 1st Indep Naval Inf Bn (Feodosiia)
** 56th Indep Gds Bn (Sevastopol)
** 501st Indep Naval Inf Bn (Kerch)
* 406th Indep Artillery Bde (Simferopol)
* 37th Indep Comms and Control Rgt (Sevastopol)

**Paramilitary**

Interior troops
* 9th Indep Bde (Simferopol)
* 15th Indep Bn (Yevpatoriia)
* 18th Indep Spec Mot Militia Bn (Haspra)
* 42nd Indep Operational Rgt (Sevastopol) 
* 47th Bde (Feodosiia)

Border guards
* Special-Purpose Border Guard Bn (Yalta)}}
thumb|Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Na February na March 2014, Russia wakporo ma mesịa wepụta Peninsula Crimea na Ukraine. Ihe omume a mere n'ihi mgbanwe mgbanwe nke nkwanye ùgwù ma bụrụ akụkụ nke esemokwu Russo-Ukrainian sara mbara.

Na 22–23 February 2014, Onye isi ala Russia Vladimir Putin kpọkọtara nzukọ abalị niile na ndị isi ọrụ nchekwa iji kparịta mwepu nke onye isi ala Ukraine a chụpụrụ, Viktor Yanukovych . Na njedebe nke nzukọ ahụ, Putin kwuru na "anyị ga-amalite ịrụ ọrụ na ịlaghachi Crimea na Russia".  Na 23 nke ọnwa Febụwarị, e mere ihe ngosi pro-Russian n'obodo Sevastopol nke Crimea. Na 27 February, ndị agha Russia kpuchie na-enweghị akara ngosi  weghaara Kansụl Kasị Elu (ụlọ omebe iwu) nke Crimea   wee weghara saịtị ndị dị mkpa n'ofe Crimea, nke butere nwụnye gọọmentị pro-Russian Sergey Aksyonov na Crimea., na-eduzi referendum ọnọdụ Crimea na nkwupụta nke nnwere onwe nke Crimea na 16 Maachị 2014.   Rọshịa webatara Crimea n'ụzọ iwu ka ọ bụrụ obodo gọọmentị etiti Russia abụọ — Republic of Crimea na obodo Sevastopol nke etiti Sevastopol na   2014  iji mee ka ọnọdụ ọhụrụ ahụ sie ike na ala.