Monday, March 24, 2014

Ukraine Orders All Military Forces To Leave Crimea As Russia Seizes Their Last Base (Updated)

Russian incursion: Heavily-armed Russian forces, in unmarked uniforms, stormed the last military base to fly the Ukrainian flag last night, taking more than 80 marines prisoner and bringing their haul of captured garrisons on the peninsular to 189. Daily Mail

Russians Take Ukraine's Last Land Base In Crimea Amid Evacuation Talks -- L.A. Times

MOSCOW -- Russian troops stormed and captured the Ukrainian military’s last remaining land base in Crimea on Monday, a Ukrainian official said.

Shots were fired in the air and the attackers used stun grenades, Seleznev said. Later three trucks were seen leaving the site carrying Ukrainian marines whose hands were bound.

“After the storming, marine battalion commander Col. Dmitry Delyatitsky and deputy commander Rostislav Lomtev were flown away in a Russian helicopter in an unknown direction,” Seleznev wrote.

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More News On Ukraine Ordering All Military Forces To Leave Crimea As Russia Seizes Their Last Base

No Ukrainian Military Units Left in Crimea – Official -- RIA Novosti
Ukraine Orders Troop Pullout From Crimea -- AP
Ukraine orders troops out of Crimea: ‘We aren’t rats. We aren’t running’ -- Toronto Star/AP
Ukrainian forces withdraw from Crimea -- BBC
Ukraine announces military pull-out from Crimea -- Reuters
Russian troops storm Ukraine navy ship in Crimea -- AFP
Ukraine Pulls Back Forces as Russia Tightens Grip on Crimea -- New York Times
Ukraine Evacuates Service Members in Crimea -- Voice of America
Ukraine orders troop withdrawal from Crimea -- Euronews
Russian forces seize Crimean base as Ukraine tells troops to withdraw -- FOX News
Ukrainian marines in Crimea seek honourable retreat -- Reuters
Why the Ukrainian Army Threw Up Its Hands -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

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