[Right_Wing_Madman]

The irony is, Putin started this war to claim Crimea for its navy

Sevastopol has had a Russian naval base since Ukraine was created in 1991.

Sevastopol has had a Russian naval base since Catherine the Great seized Crimea from the Turks in 1783.

Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022 because Donetsk City was close to being overrun by the AFU.

[Dr. Franklin]

Sevastopol has had a Russian naval base since Catherine the Great seized Crimea from the Turks in 1783.

Since Russia was a part of the Soviet Union during that era, the base in Crimea was Soviet, not Russian actually.