STANDOFF: A chronicle of Russian invasion of Crimea 04/03/2014 eng

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either a single military unit, nor a garrison or military ship of the Ukrainian Armed Forces obeyed Russian military ultimatum to lay down arms and swear allegiance to the selfproclaimed “government of Crimea”.

Standoff A chronicle of Russian invasion of Crimea Civilian facilities

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Russian military facilities

Personnel of Russian air assault troops, special operations forces and mounted rifle units are concentrated near Perekop; a 122-mm selfpropelled gun system has been moved up

Perekop

Ukrainian military facilities

Armiansk

Ukrainian Armed Forces’ facilities being blockaded by Russian troops

Chongar Dzhankoy Veseloe

Chornomorske

UKRAINE Simferopol

Novoozerne Myrnyy Yevpatoria

04.03.2014 In the morning on March 4, Ukrainian navy seamen detected about two dozen frogman saboteurs in Sevastopol’s Striletska Bay, who were deployed with a mission to put psychological pressure on members of Ukrainian warship crews.

Kacha Belbek Главная база ЧФ РФ России

Russian military personnel are unsuccessfully putting psychological pressure on Ukrainian soldiers, strongly demanding them to lay down arms and transfer to service in the future Naval Forces of Crimea

Feodosia

Аэродром “Бельбек”

Sevastopol Balaklava

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton called on Russia to de-escalate the situation in Crimea, return to barracks the troops who currently have moved out of where they have been staying, stop military flights over Ukraine and stop the movements of armored troops and vehicles over Crimea.

04.03.2014 In Sevastopol, members of extremist public organizations armed with improvised means carried out two failed attempts to intrude into Ukraine’s Naval Force Headquarters by climbing over the walls surrounding the premises.

members of the Russian Armed Forces, including 11,000 Black Sea Fleet personnel (2,000 naval infantrymen) and 5,300 special operations troops are currently deployed on Ukrainian territory.

04.03.2014 A concentration of military vehicles in the vicinity of the city of Bryansk and Rylsk

04.03.2014 Kerch Taman

Ukrainian troops regained control of most facilities at Belbek military airfield near Sevastopol. However, the landing strip and a guardhouse still remain under the control of the Russian military.

Главная база ВМС украины

Interim Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov, speaking to a plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, called for Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine and extradite fugitive ousted President, Viktor Yanukovych.

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Several dozens of BTR-80 and BMP-2 armored military vehicles are seen concentrated in the vicinity of Taman, apparently prepared for transportation on ferry-boats

15000 Russian troops stand

ready for deployment from Krasnodar Territory to Ukraine

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Russian President has ordered the troops who took part in training exercises in central and western Russia to return to their normal fixed peacetime locations after completing their training, However, this order does not apply to Russain troops deployed in Crimea

No storms or assaults on Ukrainian military bases on the Crimean Peninsula were reported on the night to March 4, although the situation around them remains tense


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