Flipboard News Desk<p>Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine 11 years ago today. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span> explains why the land is so coveted.<br><a href="https://flip.it/0J3yDL" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/0J3yDL</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Crimea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crimea</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Peninsula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peninsula</span></a></p>