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| Ukrainian military bases targeted in Crimea | Ukrainian military bases targeted in Crimea |
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| Pro-Russian protesters have stormed a Ukrainian naval base in western Crimea. | Pro-Russian protesters have stormed a Ukrainian naval base in western Crimea. |
| Several hundred unarmed protesters attacked the base at Novofedorivka, which is now under almost complete control of Russian forces. | Several hundred unarmed protesters attacked the base at Novofedorivka, which is now under almost complete control of Russian forces. |
| Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops surrounded by Russian forces have been ordered to battle stations at Belbek airbase. | Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops surrounded by Russian forces have been ordered to battle stations at Belbek airbase. |
| Russian forces, including snipers and armoured personnel carriers, have advanced and an ultimatum to surrender has just expired. | Russian forces, including snipers and armoured personnel carriers, have advanced and an ultimatum to surrender has just expired. |
| 'All is in smoke' | |
| The Belbek base commander told the few dozen troops still there to shoot in the air if they were attacked. | The Belbek base commander told the few dozen troops still there to shoot in the air if they were attacked. |
| He said he had been waiting for days for orders from Kiev but told the BBC that none had been issued. | |
| Ukraine's military chiefs deny this, saying each unit in Crimea has been issued with clear orders on what to do if attacked. | Ukraine's military chiefs deny this, saying each unit in Crimea has been issued with clear orders on what to do if attacked. |
| Meanwhile, more Crimean "self-defence" units - including Cossacks in full uniform - later arrived at the base near Sevastopol, a BBC correspondent there reports. | |
| In Novofedorivka, attackers threw smoke bombs at the base, a spokesman for the Ukraine defence ministry's Crimean region was quoted as saying by the Ukrainian media. | |
| "All is in smoke. We retreated to the main headquarters," Vladyslav Seleznyov said. | |
| Reports later said the Ukrainian forces had later left the base. | |
| Russian forces have also been seizing or blocking Ukrainian Navy ships across Crimea. |