dead. at a military base in simforopol, a ukrainian junior officer was reportedly killed today by unidentified forces. the first soldier killed since russian forces arrived in the peninsula last month. according to the ukrainian government, another officer was injured in the attack and a base commander was captured by men wearing russian uniforms. ukraine s prime minister called it a war crime and authorized the thousands of ukrainian troops still stuck in crimea to use arms to defend themselves. the base attack happened shortly after crimea officially, at least according to moscow, became part of russia. for the first time since since borders were redrawn in 1945, one european country is annexing territory belonging to another. at the kremlin in a 47-minute speech punctuated with rapturous applause from russia s parliament, vladimir putin announced crimea has always been an integral part of russia even though it s been far of an independent ukraine for over two decades
today by unidentified forces. the first soldier killed since russian forces arrived in the peninsula last month. according to the ukrainian government, another officer was injured in the attack and a base commander was captured by men wearing russian uniforms. ukraine s prime minister called it a war crime and authorized the thousands of ukrainian troops still stuck in crimea to use arms to defend themselves. the base attack happened shortly after crimea officially, at least according to moscow, became part of russia. for the first time since since borders were redrawn in 1945, one european country is annexing territory belonging to another. at the kremlin in a 47-minute speech punctuated with rapturous applause from russia s parliament, vladimir putin announced crimea has always been an integral part of russia even though it s been far of an independent ukraine for over two decades. he also called out western arrogance, hypocrisy, and pressure, saying, if you push a spr
there must have been some resistance. shots were fired and one man is dead. at a military base in simferopol, a ukrainian junior officer was reportedly killed today by unidentified forces. the first soldier killed since russian forces arrived in the peninsula last month. according to the ukrainian government, another officer was injured in the attack and a base commander was captured by men wearing russian uniforms. ukraine s prime minister called it a war crime and authorized the thousands of ukrainian troops still stuck in crimea to use arms to defend themselves. the base attack happened shortly after crimea officially, at least according to moscow, became part of russia. for the first time since since borders were redrawn in 1945, one european country is annexing territory belonging to another. at the kremlin in a 47-minute speech punctuated with rapturous applause from russia s parliament, vladimir putin announced crimea has always been an integral part of russia ev