And so the idea that Russia is going to give that back, I think they basically said, no, we're going to keep operating our port. And that came to a head really in 2013, when The Ukrainian people decided they were going to do a trade deal with Russia instead of do a trade deal with the European Union and work towards the EU membership. So, you know, this is a long standing conflict. There's been conflict with Russia and Ukraine through lots of history. Mostly it's been peaceful, but there have been periods of real conflict between the two countries. (07:28–07:38)
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