As War Fears Grow Ukraine Goes On High Alert. Ukrainian Soldiers Now Authorized To Use Weapons

A Step Closer To All-Out War: Ukrainian Officer Is Shot Dead And Dozens Rounded Up By Masked Gunmen At Under-Siege Crimean Army Base As Interim PM Says Crisis With Russia Has Moved From Political To Military -- Daily Mail

* First bloodshed moves the escalating crisis one step closer to all out war
* Ukrainian serviceman shot dead at base in Simferopol, Crimea
* Ukrainian officers arrested in the storming of the army base
* Ukraine vows to go to war to protect Black Sea Peninsula
* Ukraine unveils first 500 recruits to its newly-formed National Guard
* The shooting comes after Putin signed a degree annexing Crimea
* Britain halts all arms exports and joint military operations with Russia
* Foreign Secretary William Hague warns coming of changing relationship
* EU diplomat: 'We must find a solution to stop a return to the Cold War'
* Ukraine strengthens its border defences as a result of the shooting
* Locals worried about economic impact of a possible border closure

Ukraine suffers its first death in Crimea as the crisis between Russia and Ukraine hits a 'military stage'.

A Ukrainian serviceman was shot dead, and many more were arrested in a Military base in
Simferopol as the crisis between Russia and Ukraine escalates closer to all-out war.

The Ukrainian base was stormed by armed men at a military base in Simferopol in the Crimean Capital.

The men arrived in a truck bearing the Russian flag, and proceeded to storm the compound, firing shots and clearing the Ukrainian compound of its troops, arresting most of the soldiers, killing one, and injuring another.

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More News On Growing War Fears Between Russia And Ukraine

Fears of war grow after killing of Ukrainian officer at military base In Simferopol -- The Independent
Crimea conflict: Ukraine authorises use of weapons in self-defence -- The Guardian
Ukraine authorises soldiers to ‘fight back’ after troops storm bases in Crimea; two dead in fighting -- Perth Now
Crimea crisis: Fears of war grow after killing of Ukrainian officer at military base in Simferopol -- The Independent
Ukraine's PM accuses Moscow of war crime after soldier is shot dead -- The Guardian
2 killed in shooting near Crimea military research center, 'sniper detained' -- RT
Ukraine officer 'killed in attack on Crimea base' -- BBC
Pro-Russian Forces Attacked in Crimea, One Dead – Report -- RIA Novosti