Crimea, Ukraine - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Crimea, Ukraine Index / Locations Transcripts Jake Sullivan ...discussed is the Russian annexation of Crimea and the US response, which I thin... ...response to the Russian annexation of Crimea , with that as the backdrop? His lon... ...this, of course, is to invade and annex Crimea , at which point the vice president no... ...the invasion and annexation of Crimea , no. I thought that he would reac... William Burns ...yet, which is the Russian annexation of Crimea . I was looking back trying to figur... ...of the so-called little green men in Crimea , and I thought I would just ask yo... ...Ukraine, and then certainly in the Crimea , and so there was tension across th... ...contingency plans was about retaking Crimea in response to this, annexing Crimea... ...Crimea in response to this, annexing Crimea , the swallowing it up if these kind o... ...saw the little green men moving into Crimea . In some ways a predictable respons... ...he was determined on the annexation of Crimea , and then he flirted, I think, wit... ...beyond even the awful annexation of Crimea at this time. Putin had clearly sen... ...Putin's view of the annexation of Crimea . But over time, they could be prett... ...wider annexation in the Donbass beyond Crimea . My impression certainly was that th... ...wanted to do is use annexation of Crimea , his capacity to stir up violence an... ...its own interests in the annexation of Crimea and what to do there, how did you g... ...going to accept Russia's annexation of Crimea , which was a quite severe violation o... ...the show of assertiveness in annexing Crimea , which many Russians, and even mor... Show more... Colin Kahl ...in Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea that's sparking the suffragist movemen... Stephen Kroft ...of Ukrainian property, seizing— Crimea . Yeah. But I thought that the othe... Martin Dempsey ...I know is they did it. Okay. Russia, Crimea , and Ukraine now in '08—'07, '06, the... ...But in '14, they end up annexing Crimea , and active in Eastern Ukraine. An... ...to start with the Russian annexation of Crimea in early 2014. I wondered if you coul... ...Because of course, in the annexation of Crimea , it was the first blatant disregar... ...by what Russia did with Crimea —and then subsequently, with easter... ...Russian brothers in eastern Ukraine and Crimea . And that same narrative could ver... ...migration. But once this happened with Crimea , Ukraine, Russia, Baltics, it change... ...that intersected in the issue with Crimea and Ukraine, and eventually Russia... ...response to Russian intervention in Crimea , and the annexation of Crimea. The bi... ...in Crimea, and the annexation of Crimea . The big question I want to get to i... ...Well, first of all, let's separate Crimea and Ukraine; because there was a zest... ...was at that point—but that's Ukraine. Crimea happened so quickly that there reall... ...or the introduction of lethal aid to Crimea . I don't—because I think that by th... ...to the fact that Russia had annexed Crimea , all of the instruments of power—al... ...land bridge that's necessary to supply Crimea . And militarily, we took a look a... ...of trying to reverse what happened in Crimea militarily, that was never a seriou... Show more... Ben Rhodes ...obvious, were Russian annexation of Crimea and the Islamic State. But ultimately... ...once: you had the Russian annexation of Crimea , the rise of ISIS, the deterioratio... ...to fail. Russia was not going to leave Crimea . I don't think there's anything tha... ...being willing to go to war to liberate Crimea , Putin moved so fast that I just don'... ...of, essentially, is Russia still in Crimea ? And we were not going t... ...try to give Ukraine a chance, the non- Crimea part of Ukraine, the maximum chance t... ...that Russia wasn't going to leave Crimea during the Obama presidency. You sa... Show more... Hillary Clinton ...in the 2016 election, his invasion of Crimea . He was always testing the boundarie... Michael Froman ...was excluded, after the invasion of Crimea —you had generally like-minded... Rick Jordan ...same time as Russia's incursion into Crimea . Did that have any— Huge. At thi... ...whatever. And then, Russia invaded Crimea . And when that happened, everythin... ...And then, when the Russians invaded Crimea , apparently that stopped th... ...drug out. So, yes, the invasion of Crimea had a big effect. The other smalle... ...[laughs]—I'm so sorry—so, before the Crimea , one of the ships—there was a whol... ...and that sort of thing. But when Crimea happened, they were out. So that woul... ...would be another instance where the Crimea invasion made a big difference. That'... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Labor Labor go to the Native America Native America