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Capture of the Crimean Supreme Council | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russia | Ukraine | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alexey Dyumin (General commander of Russian forces) Alexander Popov (Russian special forces commander) | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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]
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