On Full Alert, Ukraine Plans Military Evacuation of Crimea
KIEV, Ukraine — Faced with unrelenting pressure to surrender, Ukraine began to withdraw its Military from the breakaway territory of Crimea, a day after Russia President Vladimir Putin formalized the annexation of the Black Sea peninsula and after a Ukraine soldier was killed in by pro-Russian militiamen in Simferopol, one of Crimea's main cities
The death marked the first bloodshed since Russian occupation began on Feb. 27. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry in Kiev issued a statement on Tuesday saying its troops had been authorized to fire their ******* to defend themselves following the incident, but had **t yet done so on Wednesday. Read more...