Russian militia occupy missile bases in the Crimea Updated at 11:50 Two missile bases Ukraine in the Crimea are in the hands of Russian soldiers . Moscow wants to avoid bloodshed in Ukraine by its own account . Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has denied that Moscow had sent troops to the Crimea . The pro-Russian militias in the Crimea are groups of self-defense , on the Russia had no command authority . Outside the naval base Russia has stationed no soldiers in the Crimea , the minister said after a meeting with his Spanish counterpart José Manuel García -Margallo in Madrid. Lavrov accused the West to have responded in Ukraine crisis too late. The Ukraine - conflict is a complicated problem. All pages must adhere to the letter of the law , said the Russian Minister . We will not allow that it comes in the Ukraine to a bloodshed . García- Margallo stressed now the moment of diplomacy had come. The EU and Russia should look for in the way of dialogue, a peaceful and amicable solution. Missile bases partly occupied The Ukrainian government in Kiev reported , meanwhile , in the Crimea would russian soldiers brought two missile bases partially under their control. However, the command staff and the control center based in Evpatoria in the west of the peninsula were still in Ukrainian hand , said a spokesman of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. In the second base is reported to have a base at Cape fiolent at Sevastopol. About 20 soldiers and with them several hundred pro-Russian activists had penetrated according to data from Ukrainian sources as early as Tuesday on the grounds of the base Evpatoria . The missiles had already been removed from the base. On the base in fiolent are for Ukrainian information nor missiles. The missiles had been but already disarmed , said the spokesman Volodymyr Bowa . The rocket bearing is reportedly also still under Ukrainian control. West advises on Ukraine - conflict The foreign ministers of the U.S., Russia , Ukraine, France and Britain want to search in Paris for a way out of the crisis in the Crimea. We work on it. A military solution there is not, the French minister Laurent Fabius said before the meeting the television station BFM . While not all would necessarily sit at a table , but all worked continuously at a diplomatic solution. The meeting of the Ministers was originally scheduled for consultatio
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:33:03 +0000
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