Ancient Crimean treasures return to Ukraine following a near decade-long ownership dispute

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The artifacts were on loan to a Dutch museum in 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea, leading to a tug-of-war ownership dispute in which Ukraine fought to keep them.

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00:00 These ancient gold artifacts finally back in Ukraine after almost a decade in the Netherlands.

00:06 The collection from museums in the Crimea was on loan to an Amsterdam museum when Russia

00:11 annexed the Ukrainian peninsula in 2014.

00:14 It includes a ceremonial gold helmet dating back to the 4th century BC.

00:19 Both Kiev and Moscow claimed ownership.

00:22 But earlier this year, the Netherlands Supreme Court upheld a ruling that the treasures belonged

00:28 to Ukraine and not to the museums of the Crimea.

00:32 [WHOOSH]

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