Finding elite Russian troops during 2014 Crimea annexation

On this day five years ago, Russian forces annexed Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula – a move condemned internationally. Crimea has a Russian-speaking majority.

How did BBC journalists discover Russian special forces were involved, despite official denials from the Kremlin?

BBC Russian reporters Oleg Boldyrev and Olga Ivshina spoke to Maria Jevstafjeva.

source: bbc.com