Crimea is like a giant Russian military base. Airforce, Navy (Black Sea port) and Over-The-Horizon-Radar early warning systems. And all of the servicemen and their families live there. Russian annexation of Crimea always made sense to me. Ukraine has the Hillary funded Nazis in revolution, hence the Russian counter-attack. Get the Nazis out of Ukraine, and let Russia keep Crimea - it's theirs anyway. Look at the history and facts before jumping on Russia for imperialistic land grabbing.

"The Dnepr early warning radar was built in 1968 and was used to monitor the Black Sea, Southern and Central Europe, as well as parts of the Middle East." New systems have been built.