Talk of war in the Crimea is no longer the preserve of military history enthusiasts. The cavalry charges and cannon fire of the 1850s – when Britain and France fought Russia – have been superseded by a conflict for our own era. Since 2014, when Russia annexed the peninsula, which had been Ukrainian territory for more than half a century, Crimea has been a focus not only of regional, but of international, tension.
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Seized Ukrainian military vessels are seen in a port of Kerch, Crimea, on Nov. 26, 2018.
