Crimean Forces Seize Ukraine Base
Facing little resistance from Ukrainian servicemen, Crimea's self-defense forces took Ukraine's navy headquarters in the port of Sevastopol on Wednesday. The men first took the square outside the building, and raised the Russian flag. Upon the arrival of the commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet, they took the headquarters themselves without resistance, as the Ukrainians packed and left. The takeover comes just a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty to make Crimea part of Russia.
Facing little resistance from Ukrainian servicemen, Crimea's self-defense forces took Ukraine's navy headquarters in the port of Sevastopol on Wednesday. The men first took the square outside the building, and raised the Russian flag. Upon the arrival of the commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet, they took the headquarters themselves without resistance, as the Ukrainians packed and left. The takeover comes just a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty to make Crimea part of Russia.