Thursday, March 27, 2014

Detained Ukrainian Officers Freed By Russian Forces

A Russian military officer (L) talks to Ukrainian Colonel Yuli Mamchur (L), demanding Ukrainian servicemen leave a military base in the Crimean town of Belbek near Sevastopol March 22, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

Russia Frees Ukrainian Officers 'Illegally' Held In Crimea -- Reuters

(Reuters) - An airbase commander who has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance in Crimea was released by Russian forces after being "illegally" detained, Ukraine's acting president said on Wednesday.

The freeing of Colonel Yuliy Mamchur, along with three fellow officers, follows Russia's takeover of the last military ship controlled by Ukraine in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula whose largely bloodless annexation Ukraine refuses to recognize.

"Thanks to measures taken by the Ukrainian authorities...(the officers), who were illegally detained, are now being freed," acting President Oleksander Turchinov said in a televised briefing. "I very much hope we can see them in Kiev tomorrow."

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My Comment: I was worried about this case. Any harm on these men would have had severe repercussions on a situation that is extremely tense already.

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