Famous. Last. Words.

From a National Geographic article of March 6, 2014:

Geography may also serve as a constraint. Maria Lipman, an analyst with the Carnegie Moscow Center, says that "geographically speaking" the [Crimean] peninsula has some interesting challenges. For example, in the north "it has a narrow strip of land that connects it to Ukraine. The peninsula itself is very dry, with almost no source of fresh water," and thus relies on mainland Ukraine for water. "Crimea cannot simply be severed from Ukraine."

 (Emphasis added.)

Postscript: 12 days later, on March 18, Russia annexed Crimea, severing it from Ukraine....

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