04.03.2014, 16:35
Fortsetzung:
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03 March
UKRAINE (RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET – BSF) (#Ukraine)
(Beware: Many reports are biased, some even deliberate disinformation)
• Of note: Russian soldiers operating outside BSF installations still do not seem to wear any insignia which in case of fighting would make them “non-combatants”, not protected by the Geneva Convention.
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• RAdm Sergej Gaiduk new Ukraine navy chief … “will not allow weapons to be used in navy-controlled areas”.
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• Pro-Russian vigilantes backed by masked gunmen (Russian soldiers) besiege Ukrainian navy headquarters in Sevastopol … threaten to cut off electricity and water if building is not surrendered.
• Russian BSF ships reported “blocking” Ukrainian command ship SLAVUTICH and corvette TERNOPIL in a Sevastopol bay, demanding crews so surrender.
(rmks: there is an increasing number of reports claiming Russian forces openly demand that Ukrainian officers and soldiers in the Crimea take a military oath to Russia).
• Russia reportedly has given Ukrainian forces an ultimatum to surrender by 04 Mar or face “full scale assault” … Ukrainian navy officer confirms such an ultimatum issued for the Ukrainian navy headquarters, two naval bases in the region and ships patrolling the bays of Kurinaya and Streletskaya … could not say whether ultimatum issued beyond navy.
• Crimean region “Prime Minister” Sergey Aksyonov announces the creation of “Crimean Navy”, commanded by RAdm Berezovsky (who had switched sides).
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