Pro-Russia Mob Surrounds Main Ukraine Navy Base in Crimea
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Some 200 pro-Russian vigilantes backed by several masked gunmen besieged Ukrainian navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, and threatened to cut off electricity and water if officers didn’t surrender the building.
The crowd blocked the exits from the base and used loudspeakers to urge the officers inside the building to surrender. Crimea, where ethnic Russians comprise the majority, has become the focal point of Ukraine’s crisis after an uprising centered on Kiev triggered last month’s ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych.