Capture of the Crimean Parliament

Capture of the Crimean Supreme Council
Part of the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

Troops without insignia at the building of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Date27 February 2014
Location
Result

Russian victory

Belligerents
 Russia  Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Russia Alexey Dyumin
(General commander of Russian forces)
Russia Alexander Popov
(Russian special forces commander)
Unknown
Units involved

Russian SOF
Russian Airborne Troops

Armed Forces of Ukraine
Strength
20–120 troops Unknown
Casualties and losses
None None

The capture of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on 27 February 2014 is an episode of the Crimean crisis in which Russian armed forces without insignias took over the Crimean Parliament Building, leading to the Russo-Ukrainian War. The Crimean Prosecutor's Office considered the incident a terrorist attack.[1]

  1. ^ "Теракт. За фактом захоплення будівель Верховної Ради і Радміну Криму відкрито кримінальну справу" [Terrorist attack. A criminal case has been opened over the seizure of the buildings of the Verkhovna Rada and the Council of Ministers of Crimea]. Корреспондент. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

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