Monday, March 10, 2014

Footage you will never see on the news



With the recent developments during the protests and political instability in Ukraine, Russia decided to take a step in imposing its political will on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia sent troops to Crimea in order to restore political stability. The issue at hand is that Russia is interfering with the sovereignty of Ukraine over the region. The Crimean Peninsula has a lot of ethnic Russians because it used to be a part of the Soviet Union until it the area was given to Ukraine as a gift in 1953. Now with Russian troops in the region, the Russians are planning on annexing the region through a referendum.

Now, check out this short documentary from VICE about Ukraine:


And about the Russian invasion:

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