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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = <noinclude>[[</noinclude>2014 Crimean crisis<noinclude>]]</noinclude>
| partof = the aftermath of the [[2014 Ukrainian revolution]]
| image = Crimea crisis map.PNG
| image_size = 251 px
| caption = Map of the 2014 Crimean crisis</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left:5px;">
{{Legend|#000000|'''[[Crimean peninsula]]''' ''([[disputed territory|disputed]] between Russia and Ukraine)''}}
{{Legend|#e38274|'''[[Russia]]'''}}
{{Legend|#32bd52|'''[[Ukraine]]'''}}
| date = February 23, 2014 – present ({{Age in months, weeks and days| year1= 2014 | month1 = 2| day1= 23}})
| place = Crimean peninsula
| coordinates =
| causes =
*Opposition to the [[Euromaidan]] movement
*Opposition to the Turchynov Presidency and [[Yatsenyuk Government]]
| status =
| result =
* Ukraine loses control of Crimea; [[Republic of Crimea]] declares independence with [[Accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation|intention of joining Russia]] after a [[Crimean referendum, 2014|referendum passes with 96% in support]].
* Pro-Russian protests following [[2014 Ukrainian revolution|the revolution in Kiev]] lead to [[2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine|Russian military intervention in Crimea]].<ref>{{cite web | date = 3 January 2014 | url= http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/01/so-russia-invaded-crimea.html | title=Russia Stages a Coup in Crimea |work=The Daily Beast | accessdate= 2 March 2014}}</ref>
* Crimean militias and Russian troops seize the [[Supreme Council of Crimea|Supreme Council (Crimean parliament)]] and other key establishments.<ref name = "autogenerated1">{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/27/world/europe/ukraine-politics/ | title =Gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea, raise Russian flag|publisher= CNN | first1 = Marie-Louise | last1 = Gumuchian| first2 = Laura | last2 = Smith-Spark| first3 = Ingrid | last3 = Formanek|date=27 February 2014|accessdate= 27 February 2014}}</ref><ref name = "airport_seizure">{{Citation | url = http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/news/avakov_nazvav_zahoplennya_aeroportiv_v_krimu_ozbroe_nim_vtorgnennyam_i_okupatsie_yu_1912872 | title = Avakov named seizure of airports in Crimea armed invasion and occupation | agency = [[Ukrinform]] | date = 28 February 2014}}</ref>
* [[Council of Ministers of Crimea]] is dissolved, a new pro-Russian [[Prime Minister of Crimea|Prime Minister]] is installed, Supreme Council votes to join the Russian Federation, and organizes a [[Crimean referendum, 2014|referendum on the status of Crimea]] for 16 March.<ref name="march6bbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26465962|title=Ukraine crisis: Crimea MPs vote to join Russia|publisher=BBC News|date=6 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Crimean referendum, 2014|Referendum to leave Ukraine and join Russia]] is passed with a super-majority.<ref name="referendum">{{cite web |url=http://www.rt.com/news/crimea-referendum-results-official-250/ |title=Crimea votes to join Russian Federation: 96.77% say YES |date=17 March 2014 |accessdate=17 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Treaty on the Adoption of the Republic of Crimea to Russia|Treaty signed]] between Crimea and Russia at the [[Kremlin]] on 18 March to formally initiate [[Accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation|Crimea's accession to the Russian Federation]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/politics/11209502-95/putin-signs-treaty-to-add-crimea-to-map-of-russia|title=Putin signs treaty to add Crimea to map of Russia|publisher=The Concord Monitor|date=2014-03-19|accessdate=2014-03-20}}</ref>
* The [[Ukrainian Armed Forces]] are evicted from their bases on March 19 by Crimean protesters and Russian troops. Ukraine subsequently announces withdrawal of its forces from Crimea.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26656617|title=Ukraine 'preparing withdrawal of troops from Crimea'|publisher=BBC News|date=2014-03-19|accessdate=2014-03-20}}</ref>
| methods =
* [[Psychological warfare]]
* Civil protests
| side1 =
{{flag|Russia}}
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Black Sea Fleet]]
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Baltic Fleet]]<ref name="more_ships">[http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/russia_redeploys_ships_of_baltic_and_northern_fleets_to_sevastopol_violates_agreement_with_ukraine_317983 Russia redeploys ships of Baltic and Northern fleets to Sevastopol, violates agreement with Ukraine]. [[Ukrinform]]. March 3, 2014</ref>
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Northern Fleet]]<ref name="more_ships"/>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Russian Airborne Troops.svg}} [[31st Guards Airborne Brigade]]<ref name = sodurid>{{Citation | url = http://www.postimees.ee/2718018/ukraina-krimmis-on-tsetseeniast-ja-uljanovskist-parit-vene-sodurid | title = Ukraina: Krimmis on Tšetšeeniast ja Uljanovskist pärit Vene sõdurid | trans_title = Ukraine: Russian soldiers from Chechnya and Ulyanovsk in Crimea | newspaper = [[Postimees]] | place = EE | date = 5 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Main Intelligence Directorate (Russia)|Military Intelligence]]<ref name=sodurid/>
* [[Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad|Special battalion Vostok]]<ref name=sodurid/>
* [[Main Intelligence Directorate (Russia)|22nd Independent Guards Spetsnaz Brigade]]<ref name=sodurid/>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Crimea.svg}} [[Republic of Crimea]]
** Crimean self-defense militias
** [[Crimean National Guard]]
** [[Voluntary_People's_Druzhina|Druzhinniks]]
** Crimean ''Berkut'', made up of personnel from former Ukrainian [[Berkut (Ukraine)|Berkut]] units {{citation needed|date=March 2014}}
** {{flagicon image|Flag of the St George Ribbon.png}} Pro-Russian militants<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
*{{Flag|Sevastopol}}
*{{Flag|Tatarstan}}<ref>http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/crimea-crisis-tatarstan-factor-2014314143349496558.html</ref>
*{{Flagicon image|Flag of Kuban People's Republic.svg}} [[Kuban Cossacks]]<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10672417/Ukraine-live.html | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph | title = Ukraine Live | date = 3 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Ukraine Crisis: On Crimea's new border the Russian Army waits|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10674305/Ukraine-crisis-On-Crimeas-new-border-the-Russian-Army-waits.html | accessdate = 4 March 2014|newspaper= The Daily Telegraph|date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
[[Night Wolves]]<ref name= frnz>{{cite web|last=Shuster |first=Simon |url= http://world.time.com/2014/02/28/crimea-russia-putin-night-wolves |title=Ukraine: Russia Ups the Ante in Crimea | work = Time |date= 8 February 2014}}</ref> 
{{flagicon image |Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Milliy Fırqa (NGO)|Milliy Fırqa]]<ref>[http://www.milli-firka.org/content/DBAGGJCD/title/Крымские-татары/ Крымские татары на референдум придут/Crimean Tatars come to a referendum]</ref>
| side2 =
{{flag|Ukraine}}
*Turchynov Presidency
**{{flagicon image|Flag of Crimea.svg}} Presidential Representative of the [[Autonomous Republic of Crimea]]
**[[Euromaidan]] movement (including [[Stay-behind|''partisan units'']] currently reportedly being set up in reaction to the deteriorating situation)
*[[Yatsenyuk Government]]
**[[National Guard of Ukraine]]
*{{flagicon image|Ensign of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg}} [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]]
**{{flagicon image|Ensign of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg}} [[Ukrainian Ground Forces]]
**{{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of Ukraine.svg}} [[Ukrainian Navy]]<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/03/ukraine-navy-officers-defect-russian-crimea-berezovsky | title = Ukraine navy officers reject plea to defect to Russian-backed Crimea | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 3 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10679433/Ukrainian-warships-blocked-from-leaving-port-by-Russian-ships.html | title = Ukrainian warships blocked from leaving port by Russian ships | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph | date = 6 March 2014}}</ref>
*Political parties
**[[Batkivshchyna]]
**[[Svoboda (political party)|Svoboda]]
**[[Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform|UDAR]]
**[[Right Sector]]
{{flagicon image |Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People]]<ref name="bbx2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26354705 |publisher=BBC News | title = Ukraine Crimea: Rival rallies confront one another |date=1 January 1970 |accessdate = 1 March 2014}}</ref> 
| leadfigures1 = {{flagicon |Russia}} [[Vladimir Putin]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Dmitry Medvedev]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sergey Shoygu]] {{flagicon |Russia}} [[Valery Gerasimov]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Igor Sergun]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksandr Vitko]] {{flagicon |Russia}}{{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Sergey Aksyonov]]<ref>[http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/03/20/7019754/ Separatist Aksenov officially became a citizen of Russia]. [[Ukrayinska Pravda]]. March 20, 2014</ref> {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Vladimir Konstantinov (politician)|Vladimir Konstantinov]] {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Rustam Temirgaliev]] {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Natalia Poklonskaya]] {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Denis Berezovsky]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksei Chalyi]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Rustam Minnikhanov]]<ref>http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/crimea-crisis-tatarstan-factor-2014314143349496558.html ("On March 5, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov signed an agreement on co-operation between Tatarstan and the new Crimean authorities, the actual contents of which were to be established over the coming month. The agreement implies significant collaboration between ten government institutions as well as significant financial aid to Crimea from Tatarstan businesses."</ref> {{flagicon |Russia}} Oleg Belaventsev<ref>[http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/news/putin_priznachiv_u_krim_svoyu_lyudinu_1920738 Putin has appointed his person in Crimea]. [[Ukrinform]]. March 21, 2014</ref>
| leadfigures2 = {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleksandr Turchynov]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Andriy Parubiy]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Arsen Avakov (politician)|Arsen Avakov]] {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Valentyn Nalyvaichenko]]}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ihor Tenyukh]] {{flagicon |Ukraine}} [[Mykhailo Kutsyn]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Serhiy Hayduk]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Yuliy Mamchur]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Serhiy Kunitsyn]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Mustafa Dzhemilev]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}}{{flagicon image |Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Refat Chubarov]]
| howmany1 = '''Protesters'''
*20,000 ([[Sevastopol]])<ref name=MTS25214>{{cite news|url= http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-citizen-elected-sevastopol-mayor-amid-pro-moscow-protests-in-crimea/495113.html |title = Russian Citizen Elected Sevastopol Mayor Amid Pro-Moscow Protests in Crimea| work = The Moscow Times | date=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="EN25214">{{cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/25/ukraine-leader-turchynov-warns-of-danger-of-separatism/ |title=Ukraine leader Turchynov warns of 'danger of separatism' |publisher=[[Euronews]] |date=25 February 2014}}</ref>
*10,000 ([[Simferopol]])<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/world/story/russian-flags-flood-crimean-capital-thousands-back-takeover-russia-2014030 | title = Russian flags flood Crimean capital as thousands back takeover by Russia | work = [[The Straits Times]] |date= 9 March 2014 | accessdate = 9 March 2014}}</ref>

'''Volunteer units'''<ref name="WPC25214">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraine-no-new-government-before-thursday/2014/02/25/44355d1e-9e00-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html |title=Pro-Russian rally in Crimea decries Kiev 'bandits' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="EN25214" />
*5,000 (Sevastopol)
*1,700 (Simferopol)

'''Russian military forces'''
*20,000-30,000 troops<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/russia-closing-door-on-crimea-as-troops-build-up-20140313-hvi0c.html|title=Russia closing door on Crimea as troops build up|last=Pollard|first=Ruth|date=March 13, 2014|work=Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref>

'''Ukrainian Armed Forces defectors'''
*6,000 (Crimean claim)<ref name = "defectorsvor">{{cite news|url=http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_05/ARC-Government-three-anti-aircraft-missile-regiment-of-the-Armed-Forces-of-Ukraine-join-Crimean-side-8049/|title= ARC Government: three anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine join Crimean side | publisher =The Voice of Russia|date=5 March 2014}}</ref>

| howmany2 = '''Protesters'''
*4,000–10,000 (Simferopol)<ref name="pRoCRU">{{cite news |url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/192882.html |title=Crimean Tatars, pro-Russia supporters approach Crimean parliament building | place = UA |agency= Interfax |date=20 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=guardian226>{{cite news|title=Russia puts military on high alert as Crimea protests leave one man dead|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/26/ukraine-new-leader-disbands-riot-police-crimea-separatism|publisher=The Guardian|date=26 February 2014|accessdate=27 February 2014}}</ref>

'''Ukrainian military forces'''
*5,000-22,000 troops<ref>{{cite web|author=Ewen MacAskill, defence correspondent |url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/ukraine-military-russia-crimea |title=Ukraine military still a formidable force despite being dwarfed by neighbour |work= The Guardian | date= 28 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=285549287 |title=Putin Talks Tough But Cools Tensions Over Ukraine |work= [[National Public Radio]] | date= 4 March 2014 | accessdate= 19 March 2014}}</ref>
*Currently recruiting and mobilizing reserves{{citeneeded|date=March 2014}}
| casualties1 = 1 [[Killed in action|KIA]]<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-crisis-prorussian-troops-storm-naval-base-as-clinton-warns-of-aggression-from-putin-9201317.html Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russian troops storm naval base as Clinton warns of 'aggression' from Putin] [[The Independent]], 19 March 2014</ref>
| casualties2 = 2 KIA<ref>[http://society.lb.ua/life/2014/03/17/259752_pogibshiy_krimskiy_tatarin_shel.html Perished Crimean Tatar on the way to military enlistment office was captured "vigilantes"]. LB. March 17, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26637296 Ukraine officer 'killed in attack on Crimea base']. BBC. March 18, 2014</ref> 2 Injured <ref>http://www.euronews.com/2014/03/18/ukrainian-troops-being-attacked-at-base-by-russian-forces/</ref>
| notes =
| casualties3 =
Dead: 3
Injured: Dozens<ref name= guardian226/> <ref name = RallyDeaths>{{cite news| url = http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/two-die-in-rallies-outside-crimean-parliament-says-ex-head-of-mejlis-337708.html |title= Two die in rallies outside Crimean parliament, says ex-head of Mejlis|work= [[Kyiv Post]]| accessdate= 27 February 2014 | date = 26 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Unrest in Crimea leaves 2 dead; government buildings seized|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/02/27/Unrest-in-Crimea-leaves-2-dead-government-buildings-seized/6371393516263/|author=JC Finley|publisher=[[United Press International]]|date=27 February 2014|accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref>
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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = 2014 Crimean crisis
| partof = the aftermath of the [[2014 Ukrainian revolution]]
| image = Location UK-Crimea-RU.PNG
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| caption = Crimea (dark green), Ukraine (light green), and Russia (light red) in Europe</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left:5px;">
{{Legend|#006400|'''[[Crimean peninsula]]'''}}
{{Legend|#32CD32|'''The rest of [[Ukraine]]'''}}
{{Legend|#D78776|'''[[Russia]]'''}}
| date = 23 February 2014–present ({{Age in months, weeks and days| year1= 2014 | month1 = 2| day1= 23}})
| place = [[Crimea]], [[Sevastopol]], [[Kherson Oblast]],{{citeneeded|date=March 2014}} Ukraine
| coordinates =
| causes = *Opposition to the [[Euromaidan]] movement
*Opposition to the Turchynov Presidency and [[Yatsenyuk Government]]
*Opposition to inclusion of [[Svoboda (political party)|Svoboda]] and [[Right Sector]] in the Yatsenyuk Government<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/06/opinion/speedie-ukraine-far-right/ Opinion: Rein in Ukraine's neo-fascists - CNN.com]</ref>
*The [[Verkhovna Rada]]'s vote on 23 February to repeal [[Legislation on languages in Ukraine|language law]] that protected minority languages{{efn|Although the bill to repeal the language law passed with a majority of votes (232 deputies out of 450) in the Verkhovna Rada, Interim President [[Oleksandr Turchynov]] has since announced that he will not sign it until "there is a new proper legislation to replace it". "Although the language law was unbalanced, I will not sign into law the parliament's decision to repeal it until a new bill to protect all {minority} languages is passed," Turchynov said.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://en.ria.ru/world/20140303/188063675/Ukraines-2012-Language-Law-to-Stay-Until-New-Bill-Ready--Turchynov.html |title=Ukraine's 2012 Language Law to Stay Until New Bill Ready – Turchynov|agency=RIA Novosti| place = [[Russia|RU]] | date=3 March 2014|accessdate = 4 March 2014}}</ref>}}<ref name = "cause1">{{cite news| url= http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/26/ukraine-s-crimea-a-hotbed-of-russia-bound-separatism/ |title=Ukraine's Crimea: a hotbed of Russia-bound separatism|publisher = Euronews| date = 26 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/1/in-crimea-citizensstandforselfdefenseandmotherrussia.html| archiveurl = http://wayback.archive.org/web/20140302074212/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/1/in-crimea-citizensstandforselfdefenseandmotherrussia.html| archivedate = 2 March 2014 |title=In Crimea, citizens stand for self defense and Mother Russia|publisher=Al Jazeera|date= 1 March 2014}}</ref><ref name = "ibtlanguage">{{cite news|url= http://www.ibtimes.com/watch-your-tongue-language-controversy-one-fundamental-conflicts-ukraine-1559069 |title=Watch Your Tongue: Language Controversy One of Fundamental Conflicts In Ukraine| work =International Business Times|date=3 March 2014 | accessdate = 4 March 2014}}</ref>
| status = Ongoing
* [[2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine|Russian military intervention]].<ref>{{cite web | date = 3 January 2014 | url= http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/01/so-russia-invaded-crimea.html | title=Russia Stages a Coup in Crimea |work=The Daily Beast | accessdate= 2 March 2014}}</ref>
* Pro-Russian gunmen seize key establishments.<ref name = "autogenerated1">{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/27/world/europe/ukraine-politics/ | title =Gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea, raise Russian flag|publisher= CNN | first1 = Marie-Louise | last1 = Gumuchian| first2 = Laura | last2 = Smith-Spark| first3 = Ingrid | last3 = Formanek|date=27 February 2014|accessdate= 27 February 2014}}</ref><ref name = "airport_seizure">{{Citation | url = http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/news/avakov_nazvav_zahoplennya_aeroportiv_v_krimu_ozbroe_nim_vtorgnennyam_i_okupatsie_yu_1912872 | title = Avakov named seizure of airports in Crimea armed invasion and occupation | agency = [[Ukrinform]] | date = 28 February 2014}}</ref>
* [[Council of Ministers of Crimea]] is dissolved, a new prime minister is installed, Supreme Council votes to join the Russian Federation, declares a [[Crimean referendum, 2014|referendum in Crimea]] for 16 March.<ref name="march6bbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26465962|title=Ukraine crisis: Crimea MPs vote to join Russia|publisher=BBC News|date=6 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Viktor Yanukovych]] rejects legitimacy of the post-revolution government in Kiev, and reasserts claim to the Ukrainian presidency.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-says-he-is-still-president-of-ukraine-337743.html | title= Yanukovych reportedly declares he is Ukraine's president and plans press conference in Russia on Feb. 28| work = Kyiv Post |date=27 February 2014|accessdate=27 February 2014}}</ref>
* Pro-Russian protests spread to [[Eastern Ukraine|Eastern]] and [[Southern Ukraine]].<ref name="rtmarch1">{{cite news| url = http://rt.com/news/kiev-clashes-rioters-police-571/|title=Ukraine turmoil | type = live updates | publisher =RT|date=1 March 2014}}</ref>
* Ukraine's Navy commander defects, declares support for the new Crimean government.<ref>{{cite web | first =Eline | last = Gordts |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/02/denis-berezovsky-defects-ukraine_n_4885926.html |title=Denis Berezovsky, Ukraine's Navy Chief, Defects To Crimea's Pro-Russian Authorities |work= Huffington Post |date=26 February 2014}}</ref>
* Russia denounces the [[Yatsenyuk Government]] as illegitimate<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web | url =http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/24/ukraine-viktor-yanukovych-arrest-warrant |title = Ukraine's new government is not legitimate – Dmitry Medvedev | work = The Guardian |date=24 February 2014 | accessdate =2 March 2014}}</ref> and declares that all treaties previously signed with Ukraine are therefore not applicable to the Yatsenyuk Government.<ref name="putin_renounced">{{cite news |url=http://dt.ua/POLITICS/putin-podilyaye-dumku-scho-yakscho-v-ukrayini-revolyuciya-to-na-yiyi-teritoriyi-vzhe-nova-derzhava-138899_.html |title=Putin shares the view that if in Ukraine "revolution" – then on its territory is a new state |newspaper=[[Mirror Weekly]] |date=4 March 2014}}</ref>
* Attacks on journalists in Crimea and censorship of Ukrainian television.<ref>[http://www.osce.org/fom/116208 Stop attacks on journalists, de-escalate situation by allowing media to report freely in Ukraine, says OSCE representative]. [[OSCE]]. March 4, 2014</ref>
* Repressions against Ukrainian nationalists and journalists.<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/journalists-activists-reported-missing-in-crimea/25291690.html Journalists, Activists Reported Missing In Crimea]. [[Radio Liberty]]. March 10, 2014</ref>
* The acting parliament of Crimea [[Crimean declaration of independence|declare]] the [[Republic of Crimea]], a sovereign state independent from any state.<ref>[http://rt.com/news/crimea-parliament-independence-ukraine-086/ Crimea parliament declares independence from Ukraine ahead of referendum — RT News]</ref>
| result =
| methods =
* Civil protests
* Unmarked Russian military operations in Crimea<ref name="Ukrstream.tv">{{cite web|url=http://ukrstream.tv/videos/liudi_v_kamufliazhnii_formi_vsie_taki_viiavilis_rosiis_kimi_viis_kovimi_people_in_camouflage_uniform_turned_out_to_be_russian_troopers |title=Люди в камуфляжній формі все-таки виявились російськими військовими / People in camouflage uniform turned out to be Russian troopers |publisher=Ukrstream.tv }}</ref>
* Troop mobilization in Ukraine
| side1 =
{{flagu|Crimea}}
* Aksyonov Government
* Crimean self-defense militias
{{flagicon image|Flag of the St George Ribbon.png}} Pro-Russian militants<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

{{flagicon image|Flag of Donetsk Republic.svg}} Donetsk pro-Russian demonstrators<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-26465465 BBC News - Ukraine crisis: What do the flags mean?]</ref> 
{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Yanukovych Presidency of Ukraine in-exile<ref>[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4018516.ece I’m still in charge, says Yanukovych from Russian exile | The Times]</ref> 
{{flag |Russia}}<ref name="airport_seizure"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10666893/Ukraine-crisis-live-Russia-admits-its-troops-are-moving-in-Crimea.html |title= Ukraine crisis live: President Barack Obama warns of 'costs' for any violation of Ukraine | work = The Daily Telegraph | accessdate= 1 March 2014}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Black Sea Fleet]]
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Baltic Fleet]]<ref name="more_ships">[http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/russia_redeploys_ships_of_baltic_and_northern_fleets_to_sevastopol_violates_agreement_with_ukraine_317983 Russia redeploys ships of Baltic and Northern fleets to Sevastopol, violates agreement with Ukraine]. [[Ukrinform]]. March 3, 2014</ref>
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Northern Fleet]]<ref name="more_ships"/>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Russian Airborne Troops.svg}} [[31st Guards Airborne Brigade]]<ref name = sodurid>{{Citation | url = http://www.postimees.ee/2718018/ukraina-krimmis-on-tsetseeniast-ja-uljanovskist-parit-vene-sodurid | title = Ukraina: Krimmis on Tšetšeeniast ja Uljanovskist pärit Vene sõdurid | trans_title = Ukraine: Russian soldiers from Chechnya and Ulyanovsk in Crimea | newspaper = [[Postimees]] | place = EE | date = 5 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Main Intelligence Directorate (Russia)|Military Intelligence]]<ref name=sodurid/>
* [[Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad|Special battalion Vostok]]<ref name=sodurid/>
* [[Main Intelligence Directorate (Russia)|22nd Independent Guards Spetsnaz Brigade]]<ref name=sodurid/>
{{Flagicon image|Flag of Kuban People's Republic.svg}} [[Kuban Cossacks]]<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10672417/Ukraine-live.html | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph | title = Ukraine Live | date = 3 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Ukraine Crisis: On Crimea's new border the Russian Army waits|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10674305/Ukraine-crisis-On-Crimeas-new-border-the-Russian-Army-waits.html | accessdate = 4 March 2014|newspaper= The Daily Telegraph|date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
[[Night Wolves]]<ref name= frnz>{{cite web|last=Shuster |first=Simon |url= http://world.time.com/2014/02/28/crimea-russia-putin-night-wolves |title=Ukraine: Russia Ups the Ante in Crimea | work = Time |date= 8 February 2014}}</ref> 
| side2 =
{{flagu|Ukraine}}
*Turchynov Presidency
*[[Yatsenyuk Government]]
*{{flagicon image|Ensign of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg}} [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]]
**{{flagicon image|Ensign of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg}} [[Ukrainian Ground Forces]]
**{{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of Ukraine.svg}} [[Ukrainian Navy]]<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/03/ukraine-navy-officers-defect-russian-crimea-berezovsky | title = Ukraine navy officers reject plea to defect to Russian-backed Crimea | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 3 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10679433/Ukrainian-warships-blocked-from-leaving-port-by-Russian-ships.html | title = Ukrainian warships blocked from leaving port by Russian ships | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph | date = 6 March 2014}}</ref>
*Political parties
**[[Batkivshchyna]]
**[[Svoboda (political party)|Svoboda]]
**[[Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform|UDAR]]
**[[Right Sector]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Crimea.svg}} Kunitsyn Presidency of Crimea
{{flagicon image |Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People]]<ref name="bbx2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26354705 |publisher=BBC News | title = Ukraine Crimea: Rival rallies confront one another |date=1 January 1970 |accessdate = 1 March 2014}}</ref> 
| leadfigures1 = {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Sergey Aksyonov]] {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Vladimir Konstantinov (politician)|Vladimir Konstantinov]]}} {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Rustam Temirgaliev]] {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Denis Berezovsky]] {{flagicon|Sevastopol}} [[Aleksei Chalyi]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Donetsk Republic.svg}} [[Pavel Gubarev]] {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Viktor Yanukovych]]<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26427848 BBC News - Ukraine's Yanukovych asked for troops, Russia tells UN]</ref>}}
{{flagicon |Russia}} [[Vladimir Putin]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Dmitry Medvedev]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sergey Shoygu]] {{flagicon |Russia}} [[Valery Gerasimov]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Igor Sergun]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksandr Vitko]]
| leadfigures2 = {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleksandr Turchynov]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Andriy Parubiy]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Arsen Avakov (politician)|Arsen Avakov]] {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Valentyn Nalyvaichenko]]}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ihor Tenyukh]] {{flagicon |Ukraine}} [[Mykhailo Kutsyn]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Serhiy Hayduk]] {{flagicon |Ukraine}} [[Dmytro Yarosh]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Crimea.svg}} [[Serhiy Kunitsyn]] {{flagicon image |Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Mustafa Dzhemilev]] {{flagicon image|Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Refat Chubarov]]
| howmany1 = '''Protesters'''
*20,000 ([[Sevastopol]])<ref name=MTS25214>{{cite news|url= http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-citizen-elected-sevastopol-mayor-amid-pro-moscow-protests-in-crimea/495113.html |title = Russian Citizen Elected Sevastopol Mayor Amid Pro-Moscow Protests in Crimea| work = The Moscow Times | date=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="EN25214">{{cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/25/ukraine-leader-turchynov-warns-of-danger-of-separatism/ |title=Ukraine leader Turchynov warns of 'danger of separatism' |publisher=[[Euronews]] |date=25 February 2014}}</ref>
*10,000 ([[Simferopol]])<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/world/story/russian-flags-flood-crimean-capital-thousands-back-takeover-russia-2014030 | title = Russian flags flood Crimean capital as thousands back takeover by Russia | work = [[The Straits Times]] |date= 9 March 2014 | accessdate = 9 March 2014}}</ref>

'''Volunteer units'''<ref name="WPC25214">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraine-no-new-government-before-thursday/2014/02/25/44355d1e-9e00-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html |title=Pro-Russian rally in Crimea decries Kiev 'bandits' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="EN25214" />
*5,000 (Sevastopol)
*1,700 (Simferopol)

'''Russian military forces'''
*20,000-30,000 troops<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/russia-closing-door-on-crimea-as-troops-build-up-20140313-hvi0c.html|title=Russia closing door on Crimea as troops build up|last=Pollard|first=Ruth|date=March 13, 2014|work=Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref>

'''Ukrainian Armed Forces defectors'''
*6,000 (Crimean baseless claim)<ref name = "defectorsvor">{{cite news|url=http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_05/ARC-Government-three-anti-aircraft-missile-regiment-of-the-Armed-Forces-of-Ukraine-join-Crimean-side-8049/|title= ARC Government: three anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine join Crimean side | publisher =The Voice of Russia|date=5 March 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10676924/Im-sick-of-living-at-gunpoint.-Who-do-they-think-they-are.html 'I’m sick of living at gunpoint. Who do they think they are?’]. [[The Telegraph]]. March 4, 2014</ref>

| howmany2 = '''Protesters'''
*4,000–10,000 (Simferopol)<ref name="pRoCRU">{{cite news |url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/192882.html |title=Crimean Tatars, pro-Russia supporters approach Crimean parliament building | place = UA |agency= Interfax |date=20 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=guardian226>{{cite news|title=Russia puts military on high alert as Crimea protests leave one man dead|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/26/ukraine-new-leader-disbands-riot-police-crimea-separatism|publisher=The Guardian|date=26 February 2014|accessdate=27 February 2014}}</ref>

'''Ukrainian military forces'''
*About 5,000 troops<ref>{{cite web|author=Ewen MacAskill, defence correspondent |url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/ukraine-military-russia-crimea |title=Ukraine military still a formidable force despite being dwarfed by neighbour |work= The Guardian | date= 28 February 2014}}</ref>
*Currently recruiting and mobilizing reserves
| casualties1 =
| casualties2 =
| casualties3 = 2 civilians dead, dozens injured<ref name= guardian226/> <ref name = RallyDeaths>{{cite news| url = http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/two-die-in-rallies-outside-crimean-parliament-says-ex-head-of-mejlis-337708.html |title= Two die in rallies outside Crimean parliament, says ex-head of Mejlis|work= [[Kyiv Post]]| accessdate= 27 February 2014 | date = 26 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Unrest in Crimea leaves 2 dead; government buildings seized|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/02/27/Unrest-in-Crimea-leaves-2-dead-government-buildings-seized/6371393516263/|author=JC Finley|publisher=[[United Press International]]|date=27 February 2014|accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref>
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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = 2014 Crimean crisis
| partof = the aftermath of the [[2014 Ukrainian revolution]]
| image = Location UK-Crimea-RU.PNG
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| caption = Crimea (dark green), rest of Ukraine (light green), and Russia (light red) in Europe</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-left:5px;">
{{Legend|#006400|'''[[Republic of Crimea]]'''}}
{{Legend|#32CD32|'''[[Ukraine]]'''}}
{{Legend|#D78776|'''[[Russia]]'''}}
| date = 23 February 2014–present ({{Age in months, weeks and days| year1= 2014 | month1 = 2| day1= 23}})
| place = [[Crimea]], [[Sevastopol]], [[Kherson Oblast]],{{citeneeded|date=March 2014}} Ukraine
| coordinates =
| causes = *Opposition to the [[Euromaidan]] movement
*Opposition to the Turchynov Presidency and [[Yatsenyuk Government]]
*Opposition to inclusion of [[Svoboda (political party)|Svoboda]] and [[Right Sector]] in the Yatsenyuk Government<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/06/opinion/speedie-ukraine-far-right/</ref>
*The [[Verkhovna Rada]]'s vote on 23 February to repeal [[Legislation on languages in Ukraine|language law]] that protected minority languages{{efn|Although the bill to repeal the language law passed with a majority of votes (232 deputies out of 450) in the Verkhovna Rada, Interim President [[Oleksandr Turchynov]] has since announced that he will not sign it until "there is a new proper legislation to replace it". "Although the language law was unbalanced, I will not sign into law the parliament's decision to repeal it until a new bill to protect all {minority} languages is passed," Turchynov said.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://en.ria.ru/world/20140303/188063675/Ukraines-2012-Language-Law-to-Stay-Until-New-Bill-Ready--Turchynov.html |title=Ukraine's 2012 Language Law to Stay Until New Bill Ready – Turchynov|agency=RIA Novosti| place = [[Russia|RU]] | date=3 March 2014|accessdate = 4 March 2014}}</ref>}}<ref name = "cause1">{{cite news| url= http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/26/ukraine-s-crimea-a-hotbed-of-russia-bound-separatism/ |title=Ukraine's Crimea: a hotbed of Russia-bound separatism|publisher = Euronews| date = 26 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/1/in-crimea-citizensstandforselfdefenseandmotherrussia.html| archiveurl = http://wayback.archive.org/web/20140302074212/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/1/in-crimea-citizensstandforselfdefenseandmotherrussia.html| archivedate = 2 March 2014 |title=In Crimea, citizens stand for self defense and Mother Russia|publisher=Al Jazeera|date= 1 March 2014}}</ref><ref name = "ibtlanguage">{{cite news|url= http://www.ibtimes.com/watch-your-tongue-language-controversy-one-fundamental-conflicts-ukraine-1559069 |title=Watch Your Tongue: Language Controversy One of Fundamental Conflicts In Ukraine| work =International Business Times|date=3 March 2014 | accessdate = 4 March 2014}}</ref>
| status = Ongoing
* [[2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine|Russian military intervention]].<ref>{{cite web | date = 3 January 2014 | url= http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/01/so-russia-invaded-crimea.html | title=Russia Stages a Coup in Crimea |work=The Daily Beast | accessdate= 2 March 2014}}</ref>
* Pro-Russian gunmen seize key establishments.<ref name = "autogenerated1">{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/27/world/europe/ukraine-politics/ | title =Gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea, raise Russian flag|publisher= CNN | first1 = Marie-Louise | last1 = Gumuchian| first2 = Laura | last2 = Smith-Spark| first3 = Ingrid | last3 = Formanek|date=27 February 2014|accessdate= 27 February 2014}}</ref><ref name = "airport_seizure">{{Citation | url = http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/news/avakov_nazvav_zahoplennya_aeroportiv_v_krimu_ozbroe_nim_vtorgnennyam_i_okupatsie_yu_1912872 | title = Avakov named seizure of airports in Crimea armed invasion and occupation | agency = [[Ukrinform]] | date = 28 February 2014}}</ref>
* [[Council of Ministers of Crimea]] is dissolved, a new prime minister is installed, Supreme Council votes to join the Russian Federation, declares a [[Crimean referendum, 2014|referendum in Crimea]] for 16 March.<ref name="march6bbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26465962|title=Ukraine crisis: Crimea MPs vote to join Russia|publisher=BBC News|date=6 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Viktor Yanukovych]] rejects legitimacy of the post-revolution government in Kiev, and reasserts claim to the Ukrainian presidency.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-says-he-is-still-president-of-ukraine-337743.html | title= Yanukovych reportedly declares he is Ukraine's president and plans press conference in Russia on Feb. 28| work = Kyiv Post |date=27 February 2014|accessdate=27 February 2014}}</ref>
* Pro-Russian protests spread to [[Eastern Ukraine|Eastern]] and [[Southern Ukraine]].<ref name="rtmarch1">{{cite news| url = http://rt.com/news/kiev-clashes-rioters-police-571/|title=Ukraine turmoil | type = live updates | publisher =RT|date=1 March 2014}}</ref>
* Ukraine's Navy commander defects, declares support for the new Crimean government.<ref>{{cite web | first =Eline | last = Gordts |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/02/denis-berezovsky-defects-ukraine_n_4885926.html |title=Denis Berezovsky, Ukraine's Navy Chief, Defects To Crimea's Pro-Russian Authorities |work= Huffington Post |date=26 February 2014}}</ref>
* Russia denounces the [[Yatsenyuk Government]] as illegitimate<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web | url =http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/24/ukraine-viktor-yanukovych-arrest-warrant |title = Ukraine's new government is not legitimate – Dmitry Medvedev | work = The Guardian |date=24 February 2014 | accessdate =2 March 2014}}</ref> and declares that all treaties previously signed with Ukraine are therefore not applicable to the Yatsenyuk Government.<ref name="putin_renounced">{{cite news |url=http://dt.ua/POLITICS/putin-podilyaye-dumku-scho-yakscho-v-ukrayini-revolyuciya-to-na-yiyi-teritoriyi-vzhe-nova-derzhava-138899_.html |title=Putin shares the view that if in Ukraine "revolution" – then on its territory is a new state |newspaper=[[Mirror Weekly]] |date=4 March 2014}}</ref>
* Repressions against Ukrainian nationalists and journalists.<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/journalists-activists-reported-missing-in-crimea/25291690.html Journalists, Activists Reported Missing In Crimea]. [[Radio Liberty]]. March 10, 2014</ref>{{reliable|date=March 2014}}
* The acting governments of Crimea and Sevastopol [[Crimean declaration of independence|declare]] the [[Republic of Crimea]], a sovereign state independent from Ukraine.<ref>http://rt.com/news/crimea-parliament-independence-ukraine-086/</ref>
| result =
| methods =
* Civil protests
* Unmarked Russian military operations in Crimea<ref name="Ukrstream.tv">{{cite web|url=http://ukrstream.tv/videos/liudi_v_kamufliazhnii_formi_vsie_taki_viiavilis_rosiis_kimi_viis_kovimi_people_in_camouflage_uniform_turned_out_to_be_russian_troopers |title=Люди в камуфляжній формі все-таки виявились російськими військовими / People in camouflage uniform turned out to be Russian troopers |publisher=Ukrstream.tv }}</ref>
* Troop mobilization in Ukraine
| side1 =
{{flagu|Crimea}}
* Aksyonov Government
* Crimean self-defense militias
{{flagicon image|Flag of the St George Ribbon.png}} Pro-Russian militants<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

{{flagicon image|Flag of Donetsk Republic.svg}} Donetsk pro-Russian demonstrators<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-26465465</ref> 
{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Yanukovych Presidency of Ukraine in-exile<ref>http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4018516.ece</ref> 
{{flag |Russia}}<ref name="airport_seizure"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10666893/Ukraine-crisis-live-Russia-admits-its-troops-are-moving-in-Crimea.html |title= Ukraine crisis live: President Barack Obama warns of 'costs' for any violation of Ukraine | work = The Daily Telegraph | accessdate= 1 March 2014}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Black Sea Fleet]]
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Baltic Fleet]]<ref name="more_ships">[http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/russia_redeploys_ships_of_baltic_and_northern_fleets_to_sevastopol_violates_agreement_with_ukraine_317983 Russia redeploys ships of Baltic and Northern fleets to Sevastopol, violates agreement with Ukraine]. [[Ukrinform]]. March 3, 2014</ref>
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Northern Fleet]]<ref name="more_ships"/>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Russian Airborne Troops.svg}} [[31st Guards Airborne Brigade]]<ref name = sodurid>{{Citation | url = http://www.postimees.ee/2718018/ukraina-krimmis-on-tsetseeniast-ja-uljanovskist-parit-vene-sodurid | title = Ukraina: Krimmis on Tšetšeeniast ja Uljanovskist pärit Vene sõdurid | trans_title = Ukraine: Russian soldiers from Chechnya and Ulyanovsk in Crimea | newspaper = [[Postimees]] | place = EE | date = 5 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Main Intelligence Directorate (Russia)|Military Intelligence]]<ref name=sodurid/>
* [[Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad|Special battalion Vostok]]<ref name=sodurid/>
* [[Main Intelligence Directorate (Russia)|22nd Independent Guards Spetsnaz Brigade]]<ref name=sodurid/>
{{Flagicon image|Flag of Kuban People's Republic.svg}} [[Kuban Cossacks]]<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10672417/Ukraine-live.html | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph | title = Ukraine Live | date = 3 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Ukraine Crisis: On Crimea's new border the Russian Army waits|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10674305/Ukraine-crisis-On-Crimeas-new-border-the-Russian-Army-waits.html | accessdate = 4 March 2014|newspaper= The Daily Telegraph|date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
[[Night Wolves]]<ref name= frnz>{{cite web|last=Shuster |first=Simon |url= http://world.time.com/2014/02/28/crimea-russia-putin-night-wolves |title=Ukraine: Russia Ups the Ante in Crimea | work = Time |date= 8 February 2014}}</ref>

| side2 =
{{flagu|Ukraine}}
*Turchynov Presidency
*[[Yatsenyuk Government]]
*{{flagicon image|Ensign of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg}} [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]]
**{{flagicon image|Ensign of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg}} [[Ukrainian Ground Forces]]
**{{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of Ukraine.svg}} [[Ukrainian Navy]]<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/03/ukraine-navy-officers-defect-russian-crimea-berezovsky | title = Ukraine navy officers reject plea to defect to Russian-backed Crimea | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 3 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10679433/Ukrainian-warships-blocked-from-leaving-port-by-Russian-ships.html | title = Ukrainian warships blocked from leaving port by Russian ships | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph | date = 6 March 2014}}</ref>
*Political parties
**[[Batkivshchyna]]
**[[Svoboda (political party)|Svoboda]]
**[[Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform|UDAR]]
**[[Right Sector]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Crimea.svg}} Kunitsyn Presidency of Crimea
{{flagicon image |Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People]]<ref name="bbx2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26354705 |publisher=BBC News | title = Ukraine Crimea: Rival rallies confront one another |date=1 January 1970 |accessdate = 1 March 2014}}</ref> 
| leadfigures1 = {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Sergey Aksyonov]] {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Vladimir Konstantinov (politician)|Vladimir Konstantinov]]}} {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Rustam Temirgaliev]] {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Denis Berezovsky]] {{flagicon|Sevastopol}} [[Aleksei Chalyi]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Donetsk Republic.svg}} [[Pavel Gubarev]] {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Viktor Yanukovych]]<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26427848</ref>}}
{{flagicon |Russia}} [[Vladimir Putin]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Dmitry Medvedev]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sergey Shoygu]] {{flagicon |Russia}} [[Valery Gerasimov]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Igor Sergun]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksandr Vitko]]
| leadfigures2 = {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleksandr Turchynov]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Andriy Parubiy]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Arsen Avakov (politician)|Arsen Avakov]] {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Valentyn Nalyvaichenko]]}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ihor Tenyukh]] {{flagicon |Ukraine}} [[Mykhailo Kutsyn]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Serhiy Hayduk]] {{flagicon |Ukraine}} [[Dmytro Yarosh]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Crimea.svg}} [[Serhiy Kunitsyn]] {{flagicon image |Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Mustafa Dzhemilev]] {{flagicon image|Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Refat Chubarov]]
| howmany1 = '''Protesters'''
*20,000 ([[Sevastopol]])<ref name=MTS25214>{{cite news|url= http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-citizen-elected-sevastopol-mayor-amid-pro-moscow-protests-in-crimea/495113.html |title = Russian Citizen Elected Sevastopol Mayor Amid Pro-Moscow Protests in Crimea| work = The Moscow Times | date=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="EN25214">{{cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/25/ukraine-leader-turchynov-warns-of-danger-of-separatism/ |title=Ukraine leader Turchynov warns of 'danger of separatism' |publisher=[[Euronews]] |date=25 February 2014}}</ref>
*10,000 ([[Simferopol]])<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/world/story/russian-flags-flood-crimean-capital-thousands-back-takeover-russia-2014030 | title = Russian flags flood Crimean capital as thousands back takeover by Russia | work = [[The Straits Times]] |date= 9 March 2014 | accessdate = 9 March 2014}}</ref>

'''Volunteer units'''<ref name="WPC25214">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraine-no-new-government-before-thursday/2014/02/25/44355d1e-9e00-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html |title=Pro-Russian rally in Crimea decries Kiev 'bandits' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="EN25214">{{cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/25/ukraine-leader-turchynov-warns-of-danger-of-separatism/ |title=Ukraine leader Turchynov warns of 'danger of separatism' |publisher=[[Euronews]] |date=25 February 2014}}</ref>
*5,000 (Sevastopol)
*1,700 (Simferopol)

'''Ukrainian Armed Forces defectors'''
*6,000 (Crimean claim)<ref name = "defectorsvor">{{cite news|url=http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_05/ARC-Government-three-anti-aircraft-missile-regiment-of-the-Armed-Forces-of-Ukraine-join-Crimean-side-8049/|title= ARC Government: three anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine join Crimean side | publisher =The Voice of Russia|date=5 March 2014}}</ref> This is in addition to the 204th Fighter Unit of the [[Ukrainian Air Force]], which defected on 3 March.<ref name=defectorsvor/>

| howmany2 = '''Protesters'''
*4,000–10,000 (Simferopol)<ref name="pRoCRU">{{cite news |url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/192882.html |title=Crimean Tatars, pro-Russia supporters approach Crimean parliament building | place = UA |agency= Interfax |date=20 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=guardian226>{{cite news|title=Russia puts military on high alert as Crimea protests leave one man dead|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/26/ukraine-new-leader-disbands-riot-police-crimea-separatism|publisher=The Guardian|date=26 February 2014|accessdate=27 February 2014}}</ref>

'''Ukrainian military forces'''
*About 5,000 troops<ref>{{cite web|author=Ewen MacAskill, defence correspondent |url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/ukraine-military-russia-crimea |title=Ukraine military still a formidable force despite being dwarfed by neighbour |work= The Guardian | date= 28 February 2014}}</ref>
*Currently recruiting and mobilizing reserves
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| casualties2 =
| casualties3 = 2 civilians dead, dozens injured<ref name= guardian226/> <ref name = RallyDeaths>{{cite news| url = http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/two-die-in-rallies-outside-crimean-parliament-says-ex-head-of-mejlis-337708.html |title= Two die in rallies outside Crimean parliament, says ex-head of Mejlis|work= [[Kyiv Post]]| accessdate= 27 February 2014 | date = 26 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Unrest in Crimea leaves 2 dead; government buildings seized|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/02/27/Unrest-in-Crimea-leaves-2-dead-government-buildings-seized/6371393516263/|author=JC Finley|publisher=[[United Press International]]|date=27 February 2014|accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref>
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* {{tl|Crimean Crisis of 2014}}
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| title = 2014 Crimean crisis
| partof = the aftermath of the [[2014 Ukrainian revolution]]
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{{Legend|#006400|'''[[Republic of Crimea]]'''}}
{{Legend|#32CD32|'''[[Ukraine]]'''}}
{{Legend|#D78776|'''[[Russia]]'''}}
| date = 23 February 2014–present ({{Age in months, weeks and days| year1= 2014 | month1 = 2| day1= 23}})
| place = [[Crimea]], [[Sevastopol]], [[Kherson Oblast]],{{citeneeded|date=March 2014}} Ukraine
| coordinates =
| causes = *Opposition to the [[Euromaidan]] movement
*Opposition to the Turchynov Presidency and [[Yatsenyuk Government]]
*Opposition to inclusion of [[Svoboda (political party)|Svoboda]] and [[Right Sector]] in the Yatsenyuk Government<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/06/opinion/speedie-ukraine-far-right/</ref>
*The [[Verkhovna Rada]]'s vote on 23 February to repeal [[Legislation on languages in Ukraine|language law]] that protected minority languages{{efn|Although the bill to repeal the language law passed with a majority of votes (232 deputies out of 450) in the Verkhovna Rada, Interim President [[Oleksandr Turchynov]] has since announced that he will not sign it until "there is a new proper legislation to replace it". "Although the language law was unbalanced, I will not sign into law the parliament's decision to repeal it until a new bill to protect all {minority} languages is passed," Turchynov said.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://en.ria.ru/world/20140303/188063675/Ukraines-2012-Language-Law-to-Stay-Until-New-Bill-Ready--Turchynov.html |title=Ukraine's 2012 Language Law to Stay Until New Bill Ready – Turchynov|agency=RIA Novosti| place = [[Russia|RU]] | date=3 March 2014|accessdate = 4 March 2014}}</ref>}}<ref name = "cause1">{{cite news| url= http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/26/ukraine-s-crimea-a-hotbed-of-russia-bound-separatism/ |title=Ukraine's Crimea: a hotbed of Russia-bound separatism|publisher = Euronews| date = 26 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/1/in-crimea-citizensstandforselfdefenseandmotherrussia.html| archiveurl = http://wayback.archive.org/web/20140302074212/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/1/in-crimea-citizensstandforselfdefenseandmotherrussia.html| archivedate = 2 March 2014 |title=In Crimea, citizens stand for self defense and Mother Russia|publisher=Al Jazeera|date= 1 March 2014}}</ref><ref name = "ibtlanguage">{{cite news|url= http://www.ibtimes.com/watch-your-tongue-language-controversy-one-fundamental-conflicts-ukraine-1559069 |title=Watch Your Tongue: Language Controversy One of Fundamental Conflicts In Ukraine| work =International Business Times|date=3 March 2014 | accessdate = 4 March 2014}}</ref>
| status = Ongoing
* [[2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine|Russian military intervention]].<ref>{{cite web | date = 3 January 2014 | url= http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/01/so-russia-invaded-crimea.html | title=Russia Stages a Coup in Crimea |work=The Daily Beast | accessdate= 2 March 2014}}</ref>
* Pro-Russian gunmen seize key establishments.<ref name = "autogenerated1">{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/27/world/europe/ukraine-politics/ | title =Gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea, raise Russian flag|publisher= CNN | first1 = Marie-Louise | last1 = Gumuchian| first2 = Laura | last2 = Smith-Spark| first3 = Ingrid | last3 = Formanek|date=27 February 2014|accessdate= 27 February 2014}}</ref><ref name = "airport_seizure">{{Citation | url = http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/news/avakov_nazvav_zahoplennya_aeroportiv_v_krimu_ozbroe_nim_vtorgnennyam_i_okupatsie_yu_1912872 | title = Avakov named seizure of airports in Crimea armed invasion and occupation | agency = [[Ukrinform]] | date = 28 February 2014}}</ref>
* [[Council of Ministers of Crimea]] is dissolved, a new prime minister is installed, Supreme Council votes to join the Russian Federation, declares a [[Crimean referendum, 2014|referendum in Crimea]] for 16 March.<ref name="march6bbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26465962|title=Ukraine crisis: Crimea MPs vote to join Russia|publisher=BBC News|date=6 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Viktor Yanukovych]] rejects legitimacy of the post-revolution government in Kiev, and reasserts claim to the Ukrainian presidency.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-says-he-is-still-president-of-ukraine-337743.html | title= Yanukovych reportedly declares he is Ukraine's president and plans press conference in Russia on Feb. 28| work = Kyiv Post |date=27 February 2014|accessdate=27 February 2014}}</ref>
* Pro-Russian protests spread to [[Eastern Ukraine|Eastern]] and [[Southern Ukraine]].<ref name="rtmarch1">{{cite news| url = http://rt.com/news/kiev-clashes-rioters-police-571/|title=Ukraine turmoil | type = live updates | publisher =RT|date=1 March 2014}}</ref>
* Ukraine's Navy commander defects, declares support for the new Crimean government.<ref>{{cite web | first =Eline | last = Gordts |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/02/denis-berezovsky-defects-ukraine_n_4885926.html |title=Denis Berezovsky, Ukraine's Navy Chief, Defects To Crimea's Pro-Russian Authorities |work= Huffington Post |date=26 February 2014}}</ref>
* Russia denounces the [[Yatsenyuk Government]] as illegitimate<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web | url =http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/24/ukraine-viktor-yanukovych-arrest-warrant |title = Ukraine's new government is not legitimate – Dmitry Medvedev | work = The Guardian |date=24 February 2014 | accessdate =2 March 2014}}</ref> and declares that all treaties previously signed with Ukraine are therefore not applicable to the Yatsenyuk Government.<ref name="putin_renounced">{{cite news |url=http://dt.ua/POLITICS/putin-podilyaye-dumku-scho-yakscho-v-ukrayini-revolyuciya-to-na-yiyi-teritoriyi-vzhe-nova-derzhava-138899_.html |title=Putin shares the view that if in Ukraine "revolution" – then on its territory is a new state |newspaper=[[Mirror Weekly]] |date=4 March 2014}}</ref>
* Attacks on journalists in Crimea and censorship of Ukrainian television. Persecution of pro-Russian journalists and censorship of Russian television channels in Ukraine..<ref>[http://www.osce.org/fom/116208 Stop attacks on journalists, de-escalate situation by allowing media to report freely in Ukraine, says OSCE representative]. [[OSCE]]. March 4, 2014</ref>
* Repressions against Ukrainian nationalists and journalists.<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/journalists-activists-reported-missing-in-crimea/25291690.html Journalists, Activists Reported Missing In Crimea]. [[Radio Liberty]]. March 10, 2014</ref>{{reliable|date=March 2014}}
* The acting governments of Crimea and Sevastopol [[Crimean declaration of independence|declare]] the [[Republic of Crimea]], a sovereign state independent from Ukraine.<ref>http://rt.com/news/crimea-parliament-independence-ukraine-086/</ref>
| result =
| methods =
* Civil protests
* Unmarked Russian military operations in Crimea<ref name="Ukrstream.tv">{{cite web|url=http://ukrstream.tv/videos/liudi_v_kamufliazhnii_formi_vsie_taki_viiavilis_rosiis_kimi_viis_kovimi_people_in_camouflage_uniform_turned_out_to_be_russian_troopers |title=Люди в камуфляжній формі все-таки виявились російськими військовими / People in camouflage uniform turned out to be Russian troopers |publisher=Ukrstream.tv }}</ref>
* Troop mobilization in Ukraine
| side1 =
{{flagu|Crimea}}
* Aksyonov Government
* Crimean self-defense militias
{{flagicon image|Flag of the St George Ribbon.png}} Pro-Russian militants<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Donetsk Republic.svg}} Donetsk pro-Russian demonstrators<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-26465465</ref> 
{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Yanukovych Presidency of Ukraine in-exile<ref>http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4018516.ece</ref> 
{{flag |Russia}}<ref name="airport_seizure"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10666893/Ukraine-crisis-live-Russia-admits-its-troops-are-moving-in-Crimea.html |title= Ukraine crisis live: President Barack Obama warns of 'costs' for any violation of Ukraine | work = The Daily Telegraph | accessdate= 1 March 2014}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Black Sea Fleet]]
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Baltic Fleet]]<ref name="more_ships">[http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/russia_redeploys_ships_of_baltic_and_northern_fleets_to_sevastopol_violates_agreement_with_ukraine_317983 Russia redeploys ships of Baltic and Northern fleets to Sevastopol, violates agreement with Ukraine]. [[Ukrinform]]. March 3, 2014</ref>
* {{flagicon|Russia|naval}} [[Northern Fleet]]<ref name="more_ships"/>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Russian Airborne Troops.svg}} [[31st Guards Airborne Brigade]]<ref name = sodurid>{{Citation | url = http://www.postimees.ee/2718018/ukraina-krimmis-on-tsetseeniast-ja-uljanovskist-parit-vene-sodurid | title = Ukraina: Krimmis on Tšetšeeniast ja Uljanovskist pärit Vene sõdurid | trans_title = Ukraine: Russian soldiers from Chechnya and Ulyanovsk in Crimea | newspaper = [[Postimees]] | place = EE | date = 5 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Main Intelligence Directorate (Russia)|Military Intelligence]]<ref name=sodurid/>
* [[Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad|Special battalion Vostok]]<ref name=sodurid/>
* [[Main Intelligence Directorate (Russia)|22nd Independent Guards Spetsnaz Brigade]]<ref name=sodurid/>
{{Flagicon image|Flag of Kuban People's Republic.svg}} [[Kuban Cossacks]]<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10672417/Ukraine-live.html | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph | title = Ukraine Live | date = 3 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Ukraine Crisis: On Crimea's new border the Russian Army waits|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10674305/Ukraine-crisis-On-Crimeas-new-border-the-Russian-Army-waits.html | accessdate = 4 March 2014|newspaper= The Daily Telegraph|date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
[[Night Wolves]]<ref name= frnz>{{cite web|last=Shuster |first=Simon |url= http://world.time.com/2014/02/28/crimea-russia-putin-night-wolves |title=Ukraine: Russia Ups the Ante in Crimea | work = Time |date= 8 February 2014}}</ref>
| side2 =
{{flagu|Ukraine}}
*Turchynov Presidency
*[[Yatsenyuk Government]]
*{{flagicon image|Ensign of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg}} [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]]
**{{flagicon image|Ensign of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg}} [[Ukrainian Ground Forces]]
**{{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of Ukraine.svg}} [[Ukrainian Navy]]<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/03/ukraine-navy-officers-defect-russian-crimea-berezovsky | title = Ukraine navy officers reject plea to defect to Russian-backed Crimea | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 3 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10679433/Ukrainian-warships-blocked-from-leaving-port-by-Russian-ships.html | title = Ukrainian warships blocked from leaving port by Russian ships | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph | date = 6 March 2014}}</ref>
*Political parties
**[[Batkivshchyna]]
**[[Svoboda (political party)|Svoboda]]
**[[Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform|UDAR]]
**[[Right Sector]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Crimea.svg}} Kunitsyn Presidency of Crimea
{{flagicon image |Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People]]<ref name="bbx2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26354705 |publisher=BBC News | title = Ukraine Crimea: Rival rallies confront one another |date=1 January 1970 |accessdate = 1 March 2014}}</ref> 
| leadfigures1 = {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Sergey Aksyonov]] {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Vladimir Konstantinov (politician)|Vladimir Konstantinov]]}} {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Rustam Temirgaliev]] {{flagicon|Crimea}} [[Denis Berezovsky]] {{flagicon|Sevastopol}} [[Aleksei Chalyi]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Donetsk Republic.svg}} [[Pavel Gubarev]] {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Viktor Yanukovych]]<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26427848</ref>}}
{{flagicon |Russia}} [[Vladimir Putin]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Dmitry Medvedev]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sergey Shoygu]] {{flagicon |Russia}} [[Valery Gerasimov]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Igor Sergun]] {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksandr Vitko]]
| leadfigures2 = {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleksandr Turchynov]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Andriy Parubiy]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Arsen Avakov (politician)|Arsen Avakov]] {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Valentyn Nalyvaichenko]]}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ihor Tenyukh]] {{flagicon |Ukraine}} [[Mykhailo Kutsyn]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Serhiy Hayduk]] {{flagicon |Ukraine}} [[Dmytro Yarosh]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Crimea.svg}} [[Serhiy Kunitsyn]] {{flagicon image |Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Mustafa Dzhemilev]] {{flagicon image|Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg}} [[Refat Chubarov]]
| howmany1 = '''Protesters'''
*20,000 ([[Sevastopol]])<ref name=MTS25214>{{cite news|url= http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-citizen-elected-sevastopol-mayor-amid-pro-moscow-protests-in-crimea/495113.html |title = Russian Citizen Elected Sevastopol Mayor Amid Pro-Moscow Protests in Crimea| work = The Moscow Times | date=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="EN25214">{{cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/25/ukraine-leader-turchynov-warns-of-danger-of-separatism/ |title=Ukraine leader Turchynov warns of 'danger of separatism' |publisher=[[Euronews]] |date=25 February 2014}}</ref>
*10,000 ([[Simferopol]])<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/world/story/russian-flags-flood-crimean-capital-thousands-back-takeover-russia-2014030 | title = Russian flags flood Crimean capital as thousands back takeover by Russia | work = [[The Straits Times]] |date= 9 March 2014 | accessdate = 9 March 2014}}</ref>

'''Volunteer units'''<ref name="WPC25214">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraine-no-new-government-before-thursday/2014/02/25/44355d1e-9e00-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html |title=Pro-Russian rally in Crimea decries Kiev 'bandits' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="EN25214">{{cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/25/ukraine-leader-turchynov-warns-of-danger-of-separatism/ |title=Ukraine leader Turchynov warns of 'danger of separatism' |publisher=[[Euronews]] |date=25 February 2014}}</ref>
*5,000 (Sevastopol)
*1,700 (Simferopol)

'''Ukrainian Armed Forces defectors'''
*6,000 (Crimean claim)<ref name = "defectorsvor">{{cite news|url=http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_05/ARC-Government-three-anti-aircraft-missile-regiment-of-the-Armed-Forces-of-Ukraine-join-Crimean-side-8049/|title= ARC Government: three anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine join Crimean side | publisher =The Voice of Russia|date=5 March 2014}}</ref> This is in addition to the 204th Fighter Unit of the [[Ukrainian Air Force]], which defected on 3 March.<ref name=defectorsvor/>

| howmany2 = '''Protesters'''
*4,000–10,000 (Simferopol)<ref name="pRoCRU">{{cite news |url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/192882.html |title=Crimean Tatars, pro-Russia supporters approach Crimean parliament building | place = UA |agency= Interfax |date=20 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=guardian226>{{cite news|title=Russia puts military on high alert as Crimea protests leave one man dead|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/26/ukraine-new-leader-disbands-riot-police-crimea-separatism|publisher=The Guardian|date=26 February 2014|accessdate=27 February 2014}}</ref>

'''Ukrainian military forces'''
*About 5,000 troops<ref>{{cite web|author=Ewen MacAskill, defence correspondent |url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/ukraine-military-russia-crimea |title=Ukraine military still a formidable force despite being dwarfed by neighbour |work= The Guardian | date= 28 February 2014}}</ref>
*Currently recruiting and mobilizing reserves
| casualties1 =
| casualties2 =
| casualties3 = 2 civilians dead, dozens injured<ref name= guardian226/> <ref name = RallyDeaths>{{cite news| url = http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/two-die-in-rallies-outside-crimean-parliament-says-ex-head-of-mejlis-337708.html |title= Two die in rallies outside Crimean parliament, says ex-head of Mejlis|work= [[Kyiv Post]]| accessdate= 27 February 2014 | date = 26 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Unrest in Crimea leaves 2 dead; government buildings seized|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/02/27/Unrest-in-Crimea-leaves-2-dead-government-buildings-seized/6371393516263/|author=JC Finley|publisher=[[United Press International]]|date=27 February 2014|accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref>
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