REFERENCE: Point 2 - The Purchase of Crimea (Part II)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_68/262

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 was adopted on 27 March 2014 by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly in response to the Russian annexation of Crimea and entitled "territorial integrity of Ukraine". The nonbinding resolution, which was supported by 100 United Nations member states, affirmed the General Assembly's commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and underscored the invalidity of the 2014 Crimean referendum.

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/10/un-resolution-condemns-russias-occupation-of-crimea/

10 Dec 2019 - The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has approved a resolution condemning Russia’s occupation of Crimea and the city of Sevastapol and urged the withdrawal of its military forces “without delay”.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/russia-sanctions-are-big-deal-experts-say-effects-take-years-rcna17380

Feb. 24, 2022 - The flurry of sanctions the U.S. announced this week against Russia are some of the hardest hitting that Moscow has ever faced, but the slow pain they inflict may not be enough to deter President Vladimir Putin from escalating his invasion of Ukraine, experts said.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52885178

2 June 2020 - G7 leaders reject Russia's return after Trump summit invite.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-mobilization-ethnic-minorities-buryat-1.6605501

That's because on Sept. 21 (2022), Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists — young men who had previously gone through the country's mandatory conscription — in order to continue the war in Ukraine.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/17/world/russia-ukraine-putin-news

March 17, 2023 - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Friday.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_emigration_following_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 300,000 Russian citizens and residents are estimated to have left Russia by mid-March 2022, at least 500,000 by the end of August 2022,[not verified in body] and an additional 400,000 by early October, for a total of approximately 900,000. This number includes economic migrants, conscientious objectors, and some political refugees.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-may-lack-reserves-to-respond-to-ukrainian-counteroffensive-officials/ar-AA1bq2QC?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9d3754e0fc764d3ba79eefef0c6aa649&ei=16

But the officials said the quality of Russia’s troops manning those defenses was dubious, saying many were badly trained and had poor morale. Moreover, officials said it appeared Russia had no dedicated reserve force to respond if Ukrainian was able to successfully pierce the line on a large scale.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-s-hold-on-crimea-at-risk-after-weapons-delivery-sabotage/ar-AA1bqnYg?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ac6e8bdbb3994e87af4f20e4d7006222&ei=21

May 18, 2023 - Rail traffic was suspended between two major Crimean cities following a Thursday train derailment that railway officials blamed on "interference by outsiders."

 

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3525704-russia-moves-four-out-of-six-submarines-to-black-sea.html

Russian forces have moved four out of the six submarines of Project 636 Varshavyanka from Sevastopol to the Black Sea.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck_gun

The last submarines in service in any navy to mount a deck gun were two of the four Abtao-class submarines of the Peruvian Navy in 1999.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-claims-destruction-of-ukraine-s-last-warship-in-odesa-port-amidst-reports-of-heavy-fighting-in-donetsk-area/ar-AA1bXvlB

The Russian Defense Ministry released these claims in a statement on Wednesday (5/31/2023) which said: “The last warship of the Ukrainian navy, the Yuriy Olefirenko, was destroyed at a warship mooring in the port of Odesa,” via Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for Vladimir Putin’s Defense.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon

The Battle of Inchon (Korean: 인천상륙작전; Hanja: 仁川上陸作戰; RR: Incheon Sangnyuk Jakjeon), also spelled Battle of Incheon, was an amphibious invasion and a battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command (UN).

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/896181/putin-approval-rating-russia/

In April 2023, over 80 percent of Russians approved of activities of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. The popularity level was six percent higher than in September 2022, when it stood at 77 percent.

 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/behind-online-behavior/201410/the-psychology-choice

The ‘ever-changing reference point’ is another factor that plays a role in the selection process. Whenever a new alternative is made available, the reference point is changed, thus creating a new perspective for the customer.

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/putin-purges-150-intelligence-agents-for-ukraine-failures-report

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed about 150 Federal Security Bureau officers, sending some to prison, since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, according to a report on Monday.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_House_raid

The Blue House raid (also known in South Korea as the January 21 Incident) was a raid launched by North Korean commandos to assassinate the President of South Korea, Park Chung Hee, in his residence at the Blue House, on January 21, 1968.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_South_Korean_presidential_election

Park Chung Hee, who won 46.6% of the vote, securing a transition to civilian rule under his Democratic Republican Party. Voter turnout was 85.0%. The elections were marked by a number of irregularities.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Park_Chung_Hee

Park Chung Hee, the third President of South Korea, was assassinated on October 26, 1979, during a dinner at the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) safehouse inside the Blue House presidential compound in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. Kim Jae-gyu, the director of the KCIA and the president's security chief, was responsible for the assassination.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Nystad

In Nystad, King Frederick I of Sweden formally recognized the transfer of Estonia, Livonia, Ingria, and Southeast Finland (Kexholmslän and part of Karelian Isthmus) to Russia in exchange for two million silver thaler, while Russia returned the bulk of Finland to Swedish rule.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A4niskoski-Niskakoski_territory

The Jäniskoski-Niskakoski area is a 176-square-kilometre (68 sq mi) area in Russian Lapland, east of Lake Inari, along the Paatsjoki River. The Jäniskoski-Niskakoski territory is currently incorporated into the Nikel township of the Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast. Finland sold the area to the Soviet Union on 18 April 1947 because of Soviet interest in developing the Jäniskoski hydroelectric plant and the Niskakoski reservoir located there

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_territory_purchased_by_a_sovereign_nation_from_another_sovereign_nation

This is a list of purchases of territory by a sovereign nation from another sovereign nation.

 

https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/06/05/why-dont-countries-buy-territory-like-they-used-to/

Once upon a time, sovereigns bought and sold themselves to one another. Specifically, they purchased sovereign territory. The United States, to take the easiest example, looks the way it does not just because of military conquest, but because of bold real estate deals.

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-future-of-war-has-come-in-ukraine-drone-swarms-kamikaze-kyiv-31dd19d7

Perhaps the most important is the kamikaze drone. Deployed in volume, this first-person-view drone—invented for the sport of drone racing—is cheaper than a mortar round and more accurate than artillery fire. Kamikaze drones cost around $400 and can carry up to 3 pounds of explosives. In the hands of a skilled operator with several months of training, these drones fly so fast they are nearly impossible to shoot down. Costly materiel, such as combat aircraft that are vulnerable to missile attacks, will be replaced by cheaper drones—operating on land, sea and air. In the future, like murmurations of starlings, ruthless swarms of AI-empowered kamikaze drones will track mobile targets and algorithmically collaborate to strike past an enemy’s electronic countermeasures. Naval drones will take the same concepts into the sea, converging like a shoal of small torpedoes at the waterline of targeted ships. Land-based drones will clear obstacles, demine fields and eventually act as remote machine guns and other weapons.

 

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