SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine—Nearly a month ago, Ukrainian Lt. Col. Sergei Illushenko sent his wife and three kids to mainland Ukraine, bought a rolling pin, taped up one end for a better grip, and settled in to wait for a Russian attack on his coast-guard artillery base just off the busy downtown area here.
Wall Street Journal: In holdout Crimea base, commander waits, hoping not to shoot
Russian troops holdout Ukrainian bases in Crimea on March 23.
