Above the entrance of the Ukrainian Navy Headquarters in Crimea blow since Wednesday morning, three Russian flags. Moscow loyalty so-called forces have occupied the base in the Black Sea port. Russian forces have taken control of at least part of the naval base in Sevastopol.
You could have the Ukrainian officers passed out, reported the local Internet portal sevastopol.su on Wednesday. The news agency dpa reported, after more than 30 soldiers were also the commanders to leave the base. sevastopol.su further reports Navy chief Sergei Gajduk has placed itself in the jogging suit. The Russian militiamen said they had fixed the commander in chief.
There has been after matching media reports no injuries. Reuters reports, citing a spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy, there were no shots fell. The Russian Crimean soldiers were not armed, dozens partly masked had hoisted the flags to the strains of the Russian national anthem. AP reported of several hundred men loyal to Moscow. Media in Kiev reported among the attackers were women.
Crimean Crisis:Ukrainian Minister to travel to Crimea
The Moscow-backed Crimean leadership had invited the Ukrainian soldiers on the peninsula to change sides. The top commander stationed in Sevastopol Russian Black Sea Fleet, Alexander Witko, negotiating a peaceful surrender, reported Russian agencies.
The first Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense Igor Vitaly Jarema Tenjuch are at the behest of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on the way to the Crimea. Its task, “to resolve the situation,” it says in a decision of the Cabinet.
The self-proclaimed Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov announced a little later that they would not allow the ministers to enter the peninsula. “No one is waiting in the Crimea on it. And no one will let in.” The politicians would be returned, Aksyonov told the Interfax news agency, according to Moscow. (Follow the events in the live ticker here.)
Crimean Crisis:Ukraine pulls troops not of Crimea from
The defense minister had earlier said in Kiev, the armed forces of his country would remain in the Crimea. On Tuesday, the Ukrainian leadership had mentioned that in the Crimean conflict with Russia which had now dawned “military phase”.
Premier Yatsenyuk had said the conflict had been transformed “from a political to a military”. The Ukrainian soldiers would be allowed henceforth to use their firearms in armed attacks.
“Even if we have permission to use our weapons for self-defense, we do not do that,” said Navy spokesman Sergei Bogdanov. The officers were in the building “entrenched” and there are “negotiations” between the two sides.
Crimean Crisis:Flagrant breach of international law
According to police, a Ukrainian soldier and a member of the Self-Defense Forces were shot dead on Tuesday . Russian President Vladimir Putin had a few hours earlier signed an agreement on the admission of international law belonging to Ukraine’s Crimea to the Russian Federation . The peninsula has always been a part of Russia , founded the leader in a speech to the nation his actions . The vast majority of Russians and the Crimean residents was for the connection . Representatives of the pro-Russian Crimean leadership sat in Moscow their signatures to the document.
The Russian Constitutional Court in St. Petersburg downgraded the annexation of the Crimea to Russia as a legal. The declaration signed by President Putin contract was constitutional , the court ruled by its own account on Wednesday . Accordingly, the decision was unanimous . Subsequently, the State Duma and the Federation Council to ratify the treaty . The agreement of the two bodies is still out, but is considered safe. It is expected later this week .
In the Crimea, the residents had voted on Sunday in an internationally unrecognized referendum by a large majority to join with Russia.
The U.S., the EU and Ukraine see a blatant violation of international law. Washington threatened Moscow with further sanctions, Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed again with U.S. President Barack Obama. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke of a “dangerous path” that Russia bestride. EU and U.S. had already decided account lockouts and travel bans for officials in Russia and the Crimea. Japan also imposed sanctions.
In Russia, about 600,000 people celebrated according to the authorities, the association with the peninsula in the Black Sea region.
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