So far as I know, they do -- can't imagine they wouldn't, since they come from Wikipedia and I highly doubt if they would recognize orcs in Crimea before the US government does.
And your view on it is what?
My belief is that Russia lacks the military capability to occupy the territory. Crimea is set aside because it is somehow different and I just don’t know .
The Russians hardliners have failed in their ability to take and hold ground. They are now engaged in war crimes as a desperate measure to inflict vindicative pain on the Ukrainian people.
Russia is now at war with the world.
In an action of weakness, Putin is now in Belarus attempting to make them tow the line and join his failing military efforts. It seems that Belarus like Turkey and China have deserted the Russian cause. With the possible exception of the worthless Kim of North Korea, Putin has no capable friends to bail him out