90 million loan to uganda over its latest laws against gays. Ukraines interior minister says that russians military forces blocked the military forces in caimia. Dozens of un crimea. Dozens of soldiers wearing unmarked uniform are patrolling but letting the airport operate early. Well be live to our correspondent there and in kiev. First to lawrence lee at the airport. Hes on the line from there. Now, lawrence, what is the situation there right now. Do we have any idea who the men are, the interior minister says that they are russian force, but they are in unmarked uniform . Yes, the interior ministry has said that, and the Ukrainian Security services told us several hours ago that categorically they were sure that they were Russian Forces from the russian bases. If thats the case, given that the Russian Agency said the Russian Forces are surrounding the military airport an hour away from here, youd have a situation where the returnan forces are outside the perimeter of the civilian an
People around the world rally for their release. Hi there. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton. We begin with a crisis in ukraine. Moscow is trying to hold on to ties with ukraine. Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his deposit to discuss possible Financial Aid for ukraine with international partners, and is asking the government to consider humanitarian aid. The south is seeing backlash to the new ukrainian government. There has been a wave of protests and reports that gunmen in russianmarked uniforms seized the main airport. This was taken at the airport, a dark image of men in helmets. 50 armed men were there. Earlier another group of prorussian gunmen took control. Lawrence lee takes a look at the rising tensions in crimea. Theres attempts made to turn the crimea capital into a kiev, but in reverse. The Parliament Building in the hands of dozens of heavily armed men, protecting it from what they see as undemocratic forces. The support is not so many, but eager to
Have been eradicated. Well, russia today pushed to complete its take over of crimea, focussing on ukraines military. Urban soldiers stormed the largest russian soldiers stormed the largest base. They smashed through the base. Russia seized a ukrainian warship earlier this week. In Eastern Ukraine demonstrators called for the return of Viktor Yanukovych. We are return to Jennifer Glasse in sevastopol. The take over of the belbak airbase is another example of russia tightening its grip, an aggressive move in daylight. There was an ultimatum to the ukrainian forces. They had been holed out there. The commander negotiateds twice with the russians and refused to give up. The russians moved in, with Ground Forces firing shots into the air. The ukrainians lined up and sang the national an them. Thats the defines seen. From forces that hadnt wanted to give up bases. They had been overrun by civilian militia. They are in a limbo. What will happen is unclear. Where that will be, they say, they d
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Movement is losing speed. Russia is securing control of an air base in crimea as it pushes on with its take over of the region. Prorussian soldiers captured men at the base and dragged them away. Shots were fired in the air. The weapons will be turned over. Nick spicer has this report from belbek airbase. Using Armored Vehicles and stun grenades Russian Troops forced their way into the russian airbase. Gun fire could be heard. It followed the refusal by troops to surrender to an ultimatum issued by russians. One was injured and the commander taken away for questioning. It was a large facility under ukrainian authority. The army had been in control of the airstrip at the because for two weeks. They are in control of the base, something pound bound to affect the soldiers. This scene was captured live by a cctv camera. The russian soldiers pulled the camera down. Its part of the aggressive absorption of military facilities in crimea. Earlier on saturday the russian flag was raised over a