Pro-Russian troops consolidated Moscow's control over Crimea Saturday, seizing a Ukrainian air base and naval base, as well as two flagship vessels, one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws completing Russia's annexation of the peninsula.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Fox News: Ukraine military spokesman says Moscow seizes two bases, two ships in Crimea
A man holds up a Russian flag as some 200 pro-Russian protesters storm a Ukrainian air force base in the small city of Novofedorivka, in the Saki district of western Crimea, on March 22, 2014. About 200 pro-Russian protesters stormed a Ukrainian air force base in western Crimea, forcing the soldiers to leave as the Ukrainian flag was taken down. The unarmed crowd broke through to the base in the town of Novofedorivka and started smashing windows as Ukrainian servicemen barricaded themselves inside buildings and threw smoke bombs at the intruders from the roof. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV
