Ukrainian servicemen carry flags as they leave Belbek Airport in Crimea on March 4, 2014. (Reuters / Baz Ratner)
With Russia Controlling Crimea, Ukrainian Army Allegiances Waver -- Reuters
Reuters) - Ukrainian serviceman Ivan Marchenko's wife is filing for divorce over his decision to follow orders to withdraw from Russian-controlled Crimea. He is not alone.
Two of the servicemen sharing his berth on a train bound for Ukraine's heartland have also split with their wives who wanted them to stay in their home town of Sevastopol, now firmly in the grip of Russia's Black Sea Fleet after Moscow annexed the Crimean peninsula following a referendum last month.
Ukrainian military personnel face a stark choice: go back to the mainland or leave the service and try to make a new life in Russian uniform or as a civilian in Russian-controlled Crimea. Marchenko had a clear recollection of his conversation with his wife, whose name he didn't want to give.
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My Comment: To many of these servicemen and their families .... Crimea is home. To leave under such circumstances .... I am not there but I suspect that the bitterness is going to last for a very long time.
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