Russian annexation
Forced territorial absorption
Russian annexation refers to Russia's forcible incorporation of territory belonging to other sovereign nations, most notably Crimea in 2014 and four Ukrainian regions in 2022.
The term carries strong connotations of illegality under international law, as these territorial seizures followed military invasion rather than legitimate political process.
Western nations condemned the Russian annexation of Crimea.
The phrase appears frequently in news coverage and diplomatic discourse about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
- CrimeaBlack Sea peninsula
- UkraineEastern European sovereign state
- PutinRussian authoritarian leader
- little green menCartoonish alien stereotype
- invasionForcible entry into territory
occupation · territory · land grab · sovereignty · international law · referendum · sanctions · Donbas · conquest · seizure · land-grab · Kremlin · military · troops · borders · illegal · expansion · empire
Russian annexationdecolonization
Ending imperial control
self-determination · liberation · national liberation · national independence · independence
Russian, Russia, Russianization, annexation, annex, annexe, annexed, annexing, annexes