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A Ukrainian naval officer, right, passes by armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, as he leaves the naval headquarters in Sevastopol, March 19, 2014. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)
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A man reads a free newspaper with the headline “Crimea chooses Russia” on a street in Simferopol, in the Crimea region on March 17, 2014. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
Defiant Putin says Crimea will become Russian
Moscow, Reuters—Russian President Vladimir Putin, defying Ukrainian protests and Western sanctions, told parliament on Tuesday that Russia will move forward with procedures to annex Ukraine’s Crimean region. Putin signed an order “to approve the draft...Caption:
People react after the end of a referendum in Sevastopol, in the Crimea region in Ukraine, on March 16, 2014. (EPA/Zurab Kurtsikidze)
Crimea asks to join Russia after Soviet-style vote
Simferopol and Brussels, Reuters—Crimea formally applied to join Russia on Monday after its leaders declared a Soviet-style 97-percent vote in favor of quitting Ukraine in a referendum condemned as illegal by Kiev and the West that will trigger immediate sanctions....Caption:
A local resident holds a Soviet flag as members of Cossack militia guard the local parliament building in Simferopol, in Ukraine’s Crimea region, on Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)