Reuters: Armed men seize government headquarters, raise Russian flag in Ukraine’s Crimea

: Police officers guard the Crimean Cabinet of the Ministers building in Simferopol on February 27, 2014. Pro-Russian armed men on February 27 seized the parliament and government buildings in the Ukrainian region of Crimea and raised Russian flags above them, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported. Dozens of men in full combat dress but without any markings of affiliation marched into the buildings earlier in the morning and removed the guards without any fight, the agency quoted sources in parliament as saying. AFP PHOTO/ OLEKSANDR POLEHENKO