Makes no sense. Crimea is a long way from the fighting, Russia would have to deploy through Ukraine territory and stuff has to be sent to Crimea via boat.
Exactly. The route defies geography.
It's akin to Delaware shipping arms to New Jersey via Long Island.
Makes no sense. Crimea is a long way from the fighting, Russia would have to deploy through Ukraine territory and stuff has to be sent to Crimea via boat.
Actually, it makes total sense. Any people or war material from Crimea fits into the “civil war” fairy tale Putinists are busy spinning. There are already reports of Crimean security units at the MH17 crash site. There is no reason weapons from Crimea have to be headed to Luhansk. Putin intends to reek havoc across all of Ukraine. Just in the last few days there have been terrorist assassinations of Ukrainian mayors. The battlefield is all Ukraine at this point.