uniforms. and they came to be known as the littlee green men. some of them stormed crimea s regionalto parliament, they barricaded themselves inside and they raised the russian flag overde the building. the next day, more of these green uniformed men seized airports in crimea. within a couple of week, the whole of crimea was under the control of these little green men. they were clearly pro-russian. spokeey russian. and they were heavily armed with russian weapons. but russian president vladimir putin insisted they were not russian troops. he said they were local self-defense forces, acting on their own. and he couldn t help it if the people of crimea liked russia more than they liked the new pro-western government in ukraine. the confusion led to headlines from the bbc, russia in quotation marms occupy crimeaqu airports so it was cle
airports in crimea. within a couple of weeks the whole of crimea was under the control of these little green men. they were clearly pro-russia, and they spoke russian, and they re heavily armed with russian weapons. but russian president vladimir putin insisted they were not russian troops. he said they were local self-defense forces acting on their own. he couldn t help but if the people of crimea liked russia more than they like the pro western in ukraine. the confusion led to headlines like this one from the bbc, russians in quotation mark occupied crimea airports. so, it was clear to everybody on the ground in crimea that these were russian soldiers in disguise. that the entire russian government is denying from top to bottom. that they were russian soldiers. nato and the u.s. kind of flummoxed on how to respond, how do you stop invasion when
more than they like the pro western in ukraine. the confusion led to headlines like this one from the bbc, russians in quotation mark occupied crimea airports. so, it was clear to everybody on the ground in crimea that these were russian soldiers in disguise. that the entire russian government is denying from top to bottom. that they were russian soldiers. nato and the u.s. kind of flummoxed on how to respond, how do you stop invasion when you cannot even get everyone to agree that invasion is happening? then vice president joe biden flew to poland to reassure eastern european allies that the u.s. had their back by the time he got there the occupation of crimea was a done deal. the day biden arrived, putin announced that crimea was now part of russia. fast forward to today, as russia once again menaces
0 story. great story. great reporting. thank you. that is all in on this monday night the rachel maddow show with guest host ale good evening, alex. thank you, chris. happy valentine s day, my friend. to you as well. my heart is warm. fr mine, too. and thanks to all of you at us this hour.ng it was february 2014, the autocratic pro-russian ruler of ukraine had just fled the country after being forcedle ou of officeco by pro-democracy street protests. in that confusing aftermath, soldiers began appearing in the southernld ukrainian province o crimea. theai soldiers had no identifyi insignia, and war plain green uniforms. and they came to be known as the littlee green men. some of them stormed crimea s regionalto parliament, they barricaded themselves inside and they raised the russian flag overde the building. the next day, more of these green uniformed men seized airports in crimea. within a couple of week, the whole of crimea was under the control of these little green
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