1/ A Russian colonel has been arrested for stealing seven T-90 tank engines worth 20.5 million rubles ($251,000), according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant. ⬇️
1/ CONQUERING CRIMEA: PART 1
Since 2014, Crimea has been under Russian control. Ukraine, naturally, wants it back. But what does history show about the challenges of reconquering it? In a series of threads, I'll look at the lessons of past wars.
Crimea's fascinating military history has been of interest to me for many years – I travelled there in the early 2000s to study its old battlefields, so some of this will be drawn from personal recollections and notes.