03.03.2014, 19:40
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28 February
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UKRAINE (RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET – BSF)
(Beware: Many reports are biased, some even deliberate disinformation)
• Media spotted a convoy of nine Russian armored personnel carriers on a road between Sevastopol and Simferopol.
(rmks: moving between BSF installations; probably augmentation for base protection)
• Up to 13 Russian aircraft carrying nearly 2,000 suspected troops landed at the airport of Gvardeyskoye (near Simferopol)
(rmks: Gvardeskoye is a BSF airfield)
• Reports that more Russian troops (31st Air Assault Brigade, Ulyanovsk) have been brought by a landing ship from Novorossiysk to Sevastopol …” to guard facilities of strategic importance to Russia”.
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01 March
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UKRAINE (RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET – BSF) (#Ukraine)
(Beware: Many reports are biased, some even deliberate disinformation)
• Russian troops took control of vital Black Sea Fleet installations across the Crimean peninsula … Ukraine interim president: “a direct aggression against the sovereignty of Ukraine.”
• Two Russian Black Sea Fleet anti-submarine warships (rmks: should be GRISHA class corvettes) sighted patrolling a bay near Sevastopol … TV also shows a TARANTUL class missile corvette … Ukraine claims “violation of BSF agreement”
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• Date for Crimean independence referendum moved forward from 05 May to 30 Mar.
• The Russian Federation Council approves a request by President Putin to send more Russian troops to Crimea in order to “protect the lives of Russian citizens and military personnel based in the region”
(rmks: activation of an option provided for in the Russian constitution).
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• During a UNSC meeting the US has asked for “international observers” being sent to Ukraine.
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02 March
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03 March
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UKRAINE (RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET – BSF) (#Ukraine)
(Beware: Many reports are biased, some even deliberate disinformation)
Ukrainian border guard reported to have observed “massing of Russian armoured troops at the Russian coast opposite the Crimea”.
(rkms: unconfirmed)
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