{"id":1814446,"date":"2023-05-12T12:32:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1814446"},"modified":"2023-05-12T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:32:11","slug":"mapping-russias-military-presence-in-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/05\/mapping-russias-military-presence-in-crimea\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Russia’s Military Presence in Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Journalists working for Radio Liberty\u2019s Crimean Realities project have released an interactive map of Crimea showing the location of more than 200 Russian military facilities<\/a>. It\u2019s meant as a warning to residents: these are the areas you need to stay away from. In Russian and Ukrainian only. News coverage: Radio Svoboda<\/a> (Ukrainian; Google Translate<\/a>), Ukrainska Pravda<\/em><\/a> (English), Newsweek<\/em><\/a>. [Maps Mania<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Journalists working for Radio Liberty\u2019s Crimean Realities project have released an interactive map of Crimea showing the location of more than 200 Russian military facilities. It\u2019s meant as a warning to residents: these are the… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[584,585,464],"class_list":["post-1814446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-conflicts","tag-crimea","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2493,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/08\/russia-accuses-google-maps-of-topographical-cretinism-over-crimea\/","url_meta":{"origin":1814446,"position":0},"title":"Russia Accuses Google Maps of ‘Topographical Cretinism’ Over Crimea","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 August 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"As is often the case with disputed boundaries,\u00a0what online maps show depends on who they're showing it to. 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