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'''Strilkove''' is located on the Arabat Spit on the Crimean Peninsula. | '''Strilkove''' is located on the [[Arabat Spit]] on the Crimean Peninsula. | ||
==Administration== | ==Administration== | ||
It belongs to | It belongs to Kherson Oblast, which belongs to Ukraine. | ||
==Correct geography== | |||
#Daily Mail: "The village is on a long '''spit reaching northward from the main part of the Black Sea peninsula''', about 10 kilometers (six miles) north of the border between Crimea and the Kherson region. | |||
#* Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2581592/Two-die-Ukraine-shootout-tensions-spiral-ahead-tomorrows-contentious-vote-future-rule-Crimea.html | |||
==Geography mistake in Western media== | ==Geography mistake in Western media== | ||
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#Washington Post: "a natural gas distribution center and village on a strip of Ukrainian land near the Crimean Peninsula" ... "the first face-to-face standoff between the Ukrainian and Russian militaries outside the Crimean Peninsula" ... "pumping station near the village of Strilkove" | #Washington Post: "a natural gas distribution center and village on a strip of Ukrainian land near the Crimean Peninsula" ... "the first face-to-face standoff between the Ukrainian and Russian militaries outside the Crimean Peninsula" ... "pumping station near the village of Strilkove" | ||
#*Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/tensions-mount-as-crimea-prepares-for-referendum/2014/03/15/a384c36a-ac40-11e3-a06a-e3230a43d6cb_story.html | #*Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/tensions-mount-as-crimea-prepares-for-referendum/2014/03/15/a384c36a-ac40-11e3-a06a-e3230a43d6cb_story.html | ||
German-language media | German-language media | ||
Latest revision as of 2014-03-18T11:53:41
Strilkove is located on the Arabat Spit on the Crimean Peninsula.
Administration
It belongs to Kherson Oblast, which belongs to Ukraine.
Correct geography
- Daily Mail: "The village is on a long spit reaching northward from the main part of the Black Sea peninsula, about 10 kilometers (six miles) north of the border between Crimea and the Kherson region.
Geography mistake in Western media
English-language media
- Washington Post: "a natural gas distribution center and village on a strip of Ukrainian land near the Crimean Peninsula" ... "the first face-to-face standoff between the Ukrainian and Russian militaries outside the Crimean Peninsula" ... "pumping station near the village of Strilkove"
German-language media
- Spiegel Online writes: "das Dorf Strilkowe [...], das auf einer schmalen Landzunge vor der Nordostküste der Krim liegt und nicht zu der russisch kontrollierten Halbinsel gehört."
- Source: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/krim-krise-russische-truppen-angeblich-im-osten-der-ukraine-a-958880.html FAIL in basic Geography.
- Tagesanzeiger writes: "Das Dorf Strilkowe, [...] ausserhalb der Krim. Auch ein Kontrollposten bei Tschongar, [...] liegt rund einen Kilometer nördlich der Gebietsgrenze zwischen der Krim und dem ukrainischen Festland."
- Source: http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/Ukraine-wehrt-Vorstoss-russischer-Truppen-ab/story/21166600 FAIL in basic Geography.
- Merkur Online writes: "Die Ukraine hat Russland vorgeworfen, am Samstag ein Truppenkontingent in eine an die Halbinsel Krim angrenzende Region entsandt zu haben. Wie das Außenministerium in Kiew mitteilte, drangen 80 Soldaten in das Dorf Strilkowe ein "
- Source: http://www.merkur-online.de/aktuelles/politik/krim-krise-ukraine-wirft-russland-vor-truppen-seien-land-eingedrungen-zr-3418253.html
- This region is not only bordering the Crimean Peninsula, but is partly located on the Crimean Peninsula. FAIL in basic Geography.
- n-tv writes: "Das Dorf Strilkowe in der Region Cherson wäre nicht die erste russische Stellung außerhalb der Krim. Auch ein Kontrollposten bei Tschongar, der von russischen Soldaten und prorussischen Milizen kontrolliert wird, liegt rund einen Kilometer nördlich der Gebietsgrenze zwischen der Krim und dem ukrainischen Festland."
- Source: http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Demonstranten-in-Donezk-fordern-Referendum-article12468741.html FAIL in basic Geography.