<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Russian military intervention in Ukraine ( since 2014 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Ukrainian crisis and pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Areas held by the insurgents and Russia Areas under the control of Ukraine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 20 February 2014 -- present ( 4 years , 8 months , 1 week and 2 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Ukraine : <Ul> <Li> Crimean Peninsula </Li> <Li> Donetsk Oblast </Li> <Li> Luhansk Oblast </Li> </Ul> <P> Russia : </P> <Ul> <Li> Rostov Oblast </Li> </Ul> Black Sea ( Sea of Azov ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Ongoing : </P> <Ul> <Li> Unmarked Russian troops take over Crimea , seize military units , fortify near Chonhar , Kherson Oblast ( abandoned by 9 December 2014 ) </Li> <Li> Russian military buildup on Russian - Ukrainian border </Li> <Li> NATO condemns Russian involvement , plans Rapid Trident military exercises in Ukraine , reinforces members west of Ukraine . </Li> <Li> US , Ukraine accuse Russia of orchestrating unrest in eastern and southern Ukraine </Li> <Li> Russian invasion in the War in Donbass </Li> <Li> Economic sanctions applied to Russia as a result of the invasion contribute to the Russian financial crisis that began in 2014 </Li> <Li> Breach of the Budapest Memorandum and placing the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons under question </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Li> Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation </Li> <Li> Pro-Russian insurgents control strip along border from Novoazovsk to Luhansk </Li> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Russia </P> In Crimea : Republic of Crimea Sevastopol In Donbass : Donetsk PR Luhansk PR </Td> <Td> <P> Ukraine </P> Supported by : NATO ( arms , military exercises , and general aid ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vladimir Putin Sergey Shoygu Valery Gerasimov Igor Korobov Aleksandr Vitko Denis Berezovsky Alexander Lentsov In Crimea : Sergey Aksyonov In Donbass : Alexander Zakharchenko † ( 2014 -- 18 ) Dmitry Trapeznikov ( since 2018 ) Valery Bolotov ( May - Aug 2014 ) Igor Plotnitsky ( 2014 -- 17 ) Leonid Pasechnik ( since 2017 ) </Td> <Td> Oleksandr Turchynov ( Feb - Jun 2014 ) Petro Poroshenko ( since 2014 ) Stepan Poltorak Mykhailo Kutsyn Serhiy Hayduk </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Units involved </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Ground Forces : </P> <Ul> <Li> 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade </Li> <Li> 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade ( Nizhny Novgorod ) </Li> <Li> 200th Motor Rifle Brigade </Li> </Ul> <P> Airborne Troops : </P> <Ul> <Li> 76th Airborne Division </Li> <Li> 98th Airborne Division </Li> <Li> 31st Airborne Brigade </Li> </Ul> <P> Navy : </P> <Ul> <Li> Baltic Fleet </Li> <Li> Northern Fleet </Li> <Li> Black Sea Fleet <Ul> <Li> Marines </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <P> GRU : </P> <Ul> <Li> 22nd Spetsnaz Brigade </Li> <Li> 45th Guards Spetsnaz Regiment </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Ground Forces : </P> <Ul> <Li> Territorial defence battalions </Li> </Ul> <P> Airmobile Forces Air Force Navy National Guard : </P> <Ul> <Li> Right Sector </Li> <Li> Azov Battalion </Li> <Li> Donbas Battalion </Li> </Ul> <P> Special tasks patrol police : </P> <Ul> <Li> Dnipro Battalion </Li> <Li> Kharkiv Battalion </Li> </Ul> <P> State Border Guard : </P> <Ul> <Li> Noman Çelebicihan Battalion </Li> </Ul> <P> Security Service : </P> <Ul> <Li> Alpha Group </Li> </Ul> Special Operations Forces </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crimean Force : 25,000 -- 30,000 Black Sea Fleet : 11,000 ( including Marines ) 30 + Warships ( incl . submarine ) 4 Squadrons of fighter aircraft ( 18 planes each ) Reinforcements : 16,000 -- 42,000 In Donbass : 7,500 + Russian infantry </Td> <Td> Armed Forces : + 232,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 -- 2500 killed </Td> <Td> 2,423 killed , 6,820 wounded , 378 missing , 2,768 captured 15,000 defected to Russia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Over 8,000 killed overall ( including 304 foreign civilians ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Russian military intervention in Ukraine ( since 2014 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Ukrainian crisis and pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Areas held by the insurgents and Russia Areas under the control of Ukraine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 20 February 2014 -- present ( 4 years , 8 months , 1 week and 2 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Ukraine : <Ul> <Li> Crimean Peninsula </Li> <Li> Donetsk Oblast </Li> <Li> Luhansk Oblast </Li> </Ul> <P> Russia : </P> <Ul> <Li> Rostov Oblast </Li> </Ul> Black Sea ( Sea of Azov ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Ongoing : </P> <Ul> <Li> Unmarked Russian troops take over Crimea , seize military units , fortify near Chonhar , Kherson Oblast ( abandoned by 9 December 2014 ) </Li> <Li> Russian military buildup on Russian - Ukrainian border </Li> <Li> NATO condemns Russian involvement , plans Rapid Trident military exercises in Ukraine , reinforces members west of Ukraine . </Li> <Li> US , Ukraine accuse Russia of orchestrating unrest in eastern and southern Ukraine </Li> <Li> Russian invasion in the War in Donbass </Li> <Li> Economic sanctions applied to Russia as a result of the invasion contribute to the Russian financial crisis that began in 2014 </Li> <Li> Breach of the Budapest Memorandum and placing the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons under question </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Li> Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation </Li> <Li> Pro-Russian insurgents control strip along border from Novoazovsk to Luhansk </Li> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Russia </P> In Crimea : Republic of Crimea Sevastopol In Donbass : Donetsk PR Luhansk PR </Td> <Td> <P> Ukraine </P> Supported by : NATO ( arms , military exercises , and general aid ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vladimir Putin Sergey Shoygu Valery Gerasimov Igor Korobov Aleksandr Vitko Denis Berezovsky Alexander Lentsov In Crimea : Sergey Aksyonov In Donbass : Alexander Zakharchenko † ( 2014 -- 18 ) Dmitry Trapeznikov ( since 2018 ) Valery Bolotov ( May - Aug 2014 ) Igor Plotnitsky ( 2014 -- 17 ) Leonid Pasechnik ( since 2017 ) </Td> <Td> Oleksandr Turchynov ( Feb - Jun 2014 ) Petro Poroshenko ( since 2014 ) Stepan Poltorak Mykhailo Kutsyn Serhiy Hayduk </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Units involved </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Ground Forces : </P> <Ul> <Li> 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade </Li> <Li> 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade ( Nizhny Novgorod ) </Li> <Li> 200th Motor Rifle Brigade </Li> </Ul> <P> Airborne Troops : </P> <Ul> <Li> 76th Airborne Division </Li> <Li> 98th Airborne Division </Li> <Li> 31st Airborne Brigade </Li> </Ul> <P> Navy : </P> <Ul> <Li> Baltic Fleet </Li> <Li> Northern Fleet </Li> <Li> Black Sea Fleet <Ul> <Li> Marines </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <P> GRU : </P> <Ul> <Li> 22nd Spetsnaz Brigade </Li> <Li> 45th Guards Spetsnaz Regiment </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Ground Forces : </P> <Ul> <Li> Territorial defence battalions </Li> </Ul> <P> Airmobile Forces Air Force Navy National Guard : </P> <Ul> <Li> Right Sector </Li> <Li> Azov Battalion </Li> <Li> Donbas Battalion </Li> </Ul> <P> Special tasks patrol police : </P> <Ul> <Li> Dnipro Battalion </Li> <Li> Kharkiv Battalion </Li> </Ul> <P> State Border Guard : </P> <Ul> <Li> Noman Çelebicihan Battalion </Li> </Ul> <P> Security Service : </P> <Ul> <Li> Alpha Group </Li> </Ul> Special Operations Forces </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crimean Force : 25,000 -- 30,000 Black Sea Fleet : 11,000 ( including Marines ) 30 + Warships ( incl . submarine ) 4 Squadrons of fighter aircraft ( 18 planes each ) Reinforcements : 16,000 -- 42,000 In Donbass : 7,500 + Russian infantry </Td> <Td> Armed Forces : + 232,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 -- 2500 killed </Td> <Td> 2,423 killed , 6,820 wounded , 378 missing , 2,768 captured 15,000 defected to Russia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Over 8,000 killed overall ( including 304 foreign civilians ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when was the ukraine taken over by russia
when was the ukraine taken over by russia
20 February 2014
20 February 2014