When the polls closed in Crimea’s referendum on whether to break away from Kiev on Sunday, it was only the latest step in a long tug-of-war between Russia and the west over Ukraine. Keri Phillips reports on the history of a nation caught between a rock and a hard place.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
ABC: Ukraine’s history of conflict
A soldier stands guard at the Ukrainian Defence Ministry in Kiev on March 18, 2014. Ukraine's Western-backed prime minister said today that his country's conflict with Russia was entering a \"military stage\" following claims by Kiev that one of its officers was shot and wounded in Crimea.
