Armed Russian forces arrest Ukrainian army officers
during an operation in Simferopol, after the crisis moves from from political
to military action between the two countries, after one Ukrainian serviceman
was shot dead on Tuesday
- First bloodshed moves the escalating crisis one step closer to all out war
- Ukrainian serviceman shot dead and local self-defense brigade member reported dead at base in Simferopol, Crimea, just hours after speech
- Ukrainian officers arrested in the storming of the army base
- Ukraine vows to go to war to protect Black Sea Peninsula
- Ukraine unveils first 500 recruits to its newly-formed National Guard
- The shooting comes after Putin signed a decree annexing Crimea
- Britain halts all arms exports and joint military operations with Russia
- Foreign Secretary William Hague warns coming of changing relationship
- EU diplomat: 'We must find a solution to stop a return to the Cold War'
- Ukraine strengthens its border defenses as a result of the shooting
- Locals worried about economic impact of a possible border closure
- Annexation of Crimea took only 3 weeks, has been called a 'land grab'
- Russia pushed out of G8 summit - now renamed G7
Ukraine
suffers its first deaths in Crimea as the crisis between Russia and Ukraine
hits a 'military stage'.
A
Ukrainian serviceman and a member of a local self-defence brigade were shot
dead, and many more were arrested in a Military base in Simferopol as the
crisis between Russia and Ukraine escalates closer to all-out war.
News of
the death of the militia member, who is said to be loyal to the Russian
Federation came from the news service Interfax
The
Ukrainian base was stormed by armed men at a military base in Simferopol in the
Crimean Capital.
The men
arrived in a truck bearing the Russian flag, and proceeded to storm the
compound, firing shots and clearing the Ukrainian compound of its troops,
arresting most of the soldiers, killing one, and injuring another.
Following
the base attack, Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has now warned that
the conflict with Russia has escalated, saying: 'The conflict is shifting from
a political to a military stage.
'Russian
soldiers have started shooting at Ukrainian military servicemen, and that is a
war crime.'
As a
response, Ukrainian troops have been authorised to open fire in self defence
after suffering their first casualty in the dramatic escalation to the now
military crisis between the two countries.
After the
attack Britain warned that the West and Russia faced a changed relationship in
coming years, and London has suspended all bilateral military cooperation and
halted arms exports to Russia.
Armed Russian forces take part in a military operation at a Ukrainian
military base in Simferopol, which led to the first act of bloodshed
when a Ukrainian serviceman was shot dead.
An armed man clears a roof of an Ukrainian military unit in the
Ukrainian military base, thought to be a Russian soldier instigating an
act of war on behalf of his country
Ukraine's
interim president Oleksandr Turchnynov later issued a statement placing
responsibility for 'the blood of Ukrainian soldiers on the leadership of the
Russian Federation and specifically President Putin.'
Regional
defence ministry spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said the soldier died after
being shot in the neck when a group of gunmen stormed a Ukrainian military base
in the northeast of Crimea's main city of Simferopol.
The men
that stormed the Ukrainian compound did not have direct markings apart from the
truck, but they were wearing the military uniforms of Russian Federation
servicemen.' Read more...
Sourced from: Daily Mail UK
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