Witnesses told the Interfax news agency that the 50 or so men were wearing the same gear as the ones who seized government buildings in the city, Simferopol, yesterday and raised the Russian flag.
The report could not be immediately confirmed..................http://www.todayonline.com/world/europe/report-armed-men-take-airport-ukraines-crimea-region
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- Crimea airport normal despite reports of armed take-over
KIEV: Despite reports that some 50 armed men had seized the airport of Crimea's capital Simferopol, journalists at the scene say nothing seems amiss. The airport is operating normally reported an AFP journalist at the scene who also said access to the airport remains open with passengers checking in for flights. However, outside the airport perimeter, there appears to be about a dozen unidentified armed men, adding jitters to the situation where Crimean government buildings have been stormed by armed pro-Kremlin gunmen. Interfax-Ukraine news agency citing witnesses, had reported that the airport had been overrun by armed men carrying Russian navy flags, a day after pro-Russian gunmen took over government buildings in the city.
The armed men dressed in uniforms with no designated marks, reportedly took control of the airport overnight after arriving in trucks, the report said. Representatives of Ukraine's new interim government are reportedly due to fly into the Russian-speaking peninsula on Friday.
Over at the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, Ukraine's deposed president Viktor Yanukovych is said to be planning a news conference which will be his first public appearance since fleeing Ukraine............................. www.ellanodikis.net/2014/02/crimea-airport-normal-despite-reports.html
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Krim-Flughafen kurzzeitig besetzt.....
ReplyDeleteEine Gruppe Bewaffneter hat in der Nacht vorübergehend den Flughafen der Stadt Simferopol auf der südukrainischen Halbinsel Krim besetzt. Das berichtete die Nachrichtenagentur Interfax-Ukraine unter Berufung auf Augenzeugen.
Der Flughafenbetrieb lief am frühen Morgen laut einem Reporter der Nachrichtenagentur AFP aber normal. Der Zugang sei offen und Passagiere würden abgefertigt. Etwa ein Dutzend Bewaffneter patrouillierte vor dem Gebäude, sagte der AFP-Reporter. Zudem seien militante Russland-Ukrainer zugegen, ohne den Betrieb zu stören.
Wie Interfax berichtete, hätten die etwa 50 Männer Militäruniformen getragen und seien mit drei Lastwagen ohne Nummernschilder vorgefahren. Außerdem hätten die Männer "Abzeichen der russischen Marine" auf ihren Uniformen gehabt. Beim Sturm auf Parlamentsgebäude und Regionalregierung hatten Bewaffnete am Donnerstag die gleiche Kleidung getragen. Medienberichten zufolge sollen heute Vertreter der proeuropäischen Übergangsregierung der Ukraine, die gestern vom Parlament in Kiew bestätigt worden war, in Simferopol landen...............http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ukraine1168.html
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Ukraine crisis: 'Russians occupy' Crimea airports....
ReplyDeleteUkraine's interior minister has accused Russian naval forces of occupying Sevastopol airport in the autonomous region of Crimea.
Arsen Avakov called their presence an "armed invasion".
But Russia's Black Sea Fleet has denied that Russian servicemen are taking part.
The other main Crimean airport, Simferopol, was also occupied by armed men on Friday. The men are thought to be pro-Russia militia.
The Ukrainian parliament has called on the United Nations Security Council to discuss the situation in Crimea.
Amid the escalating tensions, Ukraine's central bank has put a 15,000 hryvnia (1,000 euro; £820) limit on daily bank withdrawals in hard currency...........http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26379722
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En direct : le ministre ukrainien de l'Intérieur accuse les forces russes "d'invasion"....
ReplyDeleteSuivez en direct les derniers évènements en Ukraine. Dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi, des hommes armés ont pris position à l'extérieur de l'aéroport de Simferopol, la capitale de Crimée, et aux abords de l'aéroport militaire de Sébastopol........http://www.france24.com/fr/20140228-direct-crimee-hommes-armes-aeroport-simferopol-ianoukovitch/
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Ukraine: Russian Forces "Blocking" Crimea Airport ....
ReplyDeleteUkraine's interior minister has accused Russian forces of staging a "military invasion and occupation" at two airports in Ukraine's Crimea region.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook page Friday that the armed men were blocking the Belbek airport in Sevastopol, where Russia has a naval base. Unidentified men were also patrolling the international airport in Simferopol, the Crimean capital.
Russia has not commented on the allegations, which come a day after gunmen had seized control of government buildings in Crimea, a Ukrainian region with strong ties to Moscow. The gunmen also raised the Russian flag.
Meanwhile ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich, who says he is under Russian protection, is expected to address the media on Friday in a news conference in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don....................http://www.voanews.com/content/ukraine-russian-forces-blocking-crimea-airport/1861125.html
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Agreements Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea should be cancelled — Ukrainian parliament...
ReplyDeleteThe Kharkiv agreements on the stay of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine should be cancelled, Ukrainian parliament deputy Oleg Lyashko said.
“Due to Russia’s position on Crimea the Kharkiv agreements should be immediately denounced,” the deputy said.
On April 21, 2010 in Kharkiv, the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Dmitry Medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych signed a historical agreement. Under the document, Ukraine will get a 10-year-discount on Russian gas. In return Yanukovych agreed to extend the Black Sea Fleet’s lease in Sevastopol by 25 years.
In June 2010 Medvedev and Yanukovych signed a law on ratification of the agreement to extend the Black Sea Fleet’s presence in the Crimea after 2017 for another 25 years.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/721385
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Crimea must remain part of Ukraine - Yanukovych...
ReplyDeleteUkrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on Friday said that the standoff in Crimea was a "natural reaction" to the "bandit-like" takeover of power by the new authorities in Ukraine.
Speaking at a news conference in Russia, he said he still saw himself as the Ukrainian president and as such believed that Crimea must remain part of Ukraine.
In the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, he also said he would not ask Russia for military support in dealing with the crisis in Ukraine, where he said power was stolen by "a bunch of radicals".
He added he would not take part in a May presidential election, calling it illegal..............http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_02_28/Crimea-must-remain-part-of-Ukraine-Yanukovych-9425/
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Crimean Rada calls for broad autonomy staying part of Ukraine - speaker...
ReplyDeleteThe Crimean Verkhovna Rada has called for broad autonomy while staying within Ukraine, the local Rada's speaker, Vladimir Konstantinov, announced.
The Crimean authorities call for the republic's broad autonomy while staying within Ukraine, the local Rada's speaker, Vladimir Konstantinov, told journalists today.
"A referendum on broad autonomy within Ukraine will be held. Such autonomies exist in many countries worldwide," he said.
Voice of Russia, TASS
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_02_28/Crimean-Rada-calls-for-broad-autonomy-staying-part-of-Ukraine-speaker-4240/
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