Russian Military Contractors (Not The Military) Are Rumored To Be The Ones Who Have Taken Over Two Airports In Crimea

Exclusive: Russian ‘Blackwater’ Takes Over Ukraine Airport -- Josh Rogin, Daily Beast

The troops who have taken over two airports in Crimea are not Russian military, but they could be security contractors working for the Russian military, and they are there to stay.

Private security contractors working for the Russian military are the unmarked troops who have now seized control over two airports in the Ukrainian province of Crimea, according to informed sources in the region. And those contractors could be setting the stage for ousted President Viktor Yanukovich to come to the breakaway region.

The new Ukrainian government in Kiev has accused Moscow of “an armed invasion and occupation” in the Crimean cities of Simferopol and Sevastopol, where well-armed and well-organized troops with no markings or identification have taken control of the airports. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Secretary of State John Kerry over the phone Friday that no Russian military or marines have been deployed outside of the base of the Black Sea Fleet, which is anchored nearby, officials in both governments said.

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My Comment: I concur with this analysis. Those uniforms are not standard Russian military issue. My cousin's son .... who had just finished his tour in the Russian military .... has just told me that Russian Special Forces do have uniforms that look like that, but he thinks that those men are contractors. In fact .... when you look at some of the videos, some of these "soldiers" are too fat for their uniforms (definitely not special forces). But this is all semantics. Everyone knows that these "contractors" are employed by Moscow .... and their masters reside in the Kremlin.