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Montenegro, Norway, Iceland and Albania join the list of countries supporting sanctions including asset freezings and travel bans directed at Russian individuals.
2014-04-11

Ihor Tenyukh is discharged as Minister for Defence, to be replaced by Gen. Mykhaylo Koval following the loss of Crimea.
2014-03-25

Russian troops capture Novofedorivka, an airbase of the Ukrainian Navy in the western region of the Crimean Peninsula.
2014-03-22

The President of the United States, Barack Obama, announces further sanctions against Russia in response to the annexation of Crimea.
2014-03-20

Japan announces it will fall in line with American sanctions against Russia for its role in promoting the secession of Crimea from Ukraine.
2014-03-18

President of the United States Barack Obama announces that the United States will sanction Russian officials that contributed to the current Crimean crisis.
2014-03-17

Turkey scrambles fighter jets after a Russian surveillance plane flew along its Black Sea coast.
2014-03-7

A special referendum date is moved again. Now it becomes March 16, 2014 instead of the previously announced March 30. Voters will be asked whether they wish to stay part of Ukraine or join the Russian Federation.
2014-03-6

Swedish foreign secretary Carl Bildt compares the ousted Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych to Norwegian traitor Vidkun Quisling after Yanukovych asked Russia to intervene to restore "law and order" in the country. [http:--www.dn.no-forsiden-utenriks-article2776082.ece ("Dagens Næringsliv")]date=April 2020
2014-03-4

Reuters reports that armed men have seized a ferry checkpoint between Crimea and Russia.
2014-03-3