Ukraines acting defense minister, Igor Tenyukh, was sent to Crimea on Wednesday morning along with Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Yarema, according to the interim government. The announcement followed shortly after reports that Crimeas self-defense forces had taken control of Ukraines navy headquarters in the port city of Sevastopol on Wednesday morning. A Ukrainian naval spokesperson said the plain-clothes volunteer militiamen entered the building unarmed. There are about 200 of them, some wearing balaclavas. They are unarmed and no shots have been fired from our side. The officers have barricaded themselves inside the building, Ukrainian navy spokesperson Sergiy Bogdanov said. Before noon, Ukrainian servicemen were seen leaving the headquarters. There were no reports of violence. However, eyewitness accounts reported seeing armed men at the site, too. A photographer with the Associated Press news agency said that Crimea self-defense forces had stormed at least one building on the naval base. An eyewitness speaking to Reuters news agency also said armed men had entered the building and that, later, three Russian flags were seen flying over one of its entrances. dw.de/ukraine-sends-defense-minister-and-deputy-premier-to-crimea-as-military-tensions-escalate/a-17506322
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:24:23 +0000
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