Russia had a status of forces agreement with old Ukraine that permitted 20-25K of its troops to be deployed in Crimea. Those levels were never exceeded during the time period leading up to the reincorporation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia.
Kerry-hawks can whine about ‘little green men’ all they’d like, but the fact is the Russians were deployed in Crimea in compliance with an existing SOF.
Nice evening on Red Square?
Russian forces were supposed to stay in their base and not enact taking over a territory from Ukraine.
You try to bring the word “Kerry” here, but the whole world has been pretty clear about the events in Crimea. In the UN vote your corner had ONLY these 11 countries:
Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Cuba, North Korea, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia.
No one else.