BELBEK, Crimea — With a burst of automatic weapons fire and stun grenades, Russian forces in armored personnel carriers on Saturday broke through the walls of one of the last Ukrainian military outposts in Crimea, then quickly overpowered Ukrainian troops armed only with sticks.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Washington Post: Russian forces storm one of the last Ukrainian military outposts in Crimea
A Ukrainian officer stands in his base before pro-Russia militia and Russian armed forces backed by armoured vehicles broke inside the Ukrainian airbase in the small city of Belbek near the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 22, 2014. Earlier today the Belbek base wrote on its website that troops inside had received an ultimatum from Russian forces to lay down their weapons and surrender or prepare to be stormed. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV
