Recent Examples on the WebRussia has been accused of using the plant, which is still functioning and producing power, as a staging ground for war. Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and has used it as a staging ground for attacks on the country in the war that began Feb. 24. Paul Byrne, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2022 Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and has used it as a staging ground for attacks on the country in the war that began Feb. 24. Paul Byrne, ajc, 17 Aug. 2022 Yamaguchi, the western city near Hiroshima where macaques have bitten and scratched dozens of people in recent weeks, may be a perfect staging ground for monkey attacks: Its residential neighborhoods are sandwiched between hills and mountains. Mike Ives, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022 Kherson, a port and shipbuilding center that Russia seized early in the war, is also a staging ground for Russian military operations across southern Ukraine.New York Times, 20 July 2022 Belarus hosts Russian military units and was used as a staging ground for Russia's invasion.Arkansas Online, 3 July 2022 Belarus hosts Russian military units and was used as a staging ground before Russia invaded Ukraine, but its own troops have not crossed the border. Oleksandr Stashevskyi, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2022 Belarus hosts Russian military units and was used as a staging ground before Russia invaded Ukraine, but its own troops have not crossed the border. David Keyton, John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2022 See More