The International Criminal Court in The Hague has compared the Russian annexation of Crimea to an international war conflict. This stance was made public in the annual report on the preliminary investigation by prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. “The situation in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol can be described, with regard to information acquired, as an international armed conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation,” the report stated. The report also states that the conflict began 26 February when the Russian Federation rallied troops in order to take control of Ukrainian territory. After 18 February 2014, This situation can be compared to an ongoing occupation. The prosecutor also acquired information about the oppression of Crimean Tatars on the peninsula and the