PEREVALNOYE, Crimea — The soldiers guarding the entrances to the surrounded Ukrainian military base here just south of the capital, Simferopol, had little in common with their predecessors from past Russian military actions.
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: Armed Russian forces arrest Ukrainian army officers during an operation in Simferopol on March 18, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 18 signed a treaty claiming the Black Sea region of Crimea as Russian territory as Ukraine warned the showdown had entered a \"military stage\" with the killing of one of its soldiers on the peninsula. AFP PHOTO / Alisa Borovikova
