The Untold ‘Complicated’ History of Russia’s Relationship with Crimea Could be the Spark that Ignites WWIII: The West Ignores This History to Its Own Peril

• The Untold ‘Complicated’ History of Russia’s Relationship with Crimea Could be the Spark that Ignites WWIII: The West Ignores This History to Its Own Peril
  by https://leohohmann.com/
  Russia has warned the U.S. and Britain they will be seen as “full-fledged” participants in the war in Ukraine if HIMARS or Storm Shadow missiles are used by Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia or Crimea.
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  The Daily Mail reports that Vladimir Putin’s defense minister Sergei Shoigu warned he will target “decision-making centers” in Ukraine, implying he plans to order his military to target President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top government officials in Kiev.
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  Shoigu said: “According to our information, the leadership of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is planning to launch strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation, including Crimea, with HIMARS and Storm Shadow missiles. The use of these missiles outside the area of the special military operation would mean a full-fledged involvement of the US and UK in the conflict entailing immediate strikes on the decision-making centers in Ukraine.”
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  Meanwhile, Lt. General Ben Hodges, a recently retired four-star general who commanded all U.S. troops in Europe, came out recently and said the goal for Ukraine in its counter-offensive should be to “retake Crimea” from the Russians.
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  This comment by Hodges has been characterized as an unnecessary provocation by several other military analysts such as U.S. Army Col. Douglas MacGregor (retired), former CIA agent Larry Johnson and former British diplomat Alastair Crooke.
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  Russia considers Crimea to be part of Russia while the West considers it part of Ukraine and this is the thorny issue that could bring the war to a new and dangerous stage.
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