It is less than a decade since residents of Chebarkul, a city in Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia, witnessed the explosion in the atmosphere of a meteorite reckoned to have been a mere 20 metres across.

距离俄罗斯，车里雅宾斯克州库市的居民目睹颗直径只有 20 米的陨在大气层爆炸还不到十年。

Now, half of these oblasts are only, you know, 50% taken by Russia at the moment.

目前，这些州有半仅被俄罗斯占领了50%。

And he wanted to completely subjugate the four oblasts and Crimea back into Russia.

他想彻底征服四个州和克里米亚，使其重新归入俄罗斯版图。