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Originally Posted by spdrun
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You should really try reading a bit of history.
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On 19 February 1954, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union issued a decree transferring the Crimean Oblast from the RSFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.[22]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea#In_the_Soviet_Union
The Crimea was always historically Russian and still has a majority Russian population today. It has as much to do with modern day Ukraine as Patagonia. I'm guessing that the Russians struck a secret deal with the EU and NATO where they get Crimea in exchange for a westernized Ukraine that eventually becomes part of the EU. A similar bargain was struck in Georgia a few years back. The Ukraine as it exists today is not sustainable.