As feared earlier, the attack by "unidentified" forces on a Ukrainemilitary base in Semferopol has resulted in fatalities:
- *UKRAINE SOLDIER KILLED AFTER UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN STORMED BASE
- *UKRAINE SOLDIER'S DEATH IN CRIMEA CONFIRMED BY DEFENSE MINISTRY
And two further "self-defense" fighters are injured. Once again it seems the market misread Putin's comments and one wonders how will Turchynov respond?
The incident occurred in Crimea's main city of Simferopol, regional defence ministry spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said, without specifying whether the base was stormed by Russian soldiers or pro-Kremlin militia who also patrol the peninsula.
Via Interfax,
One self-defense fighter has been killed and two more injured in Simferopol, according to the Crimean news agency which cited a source in the republic's Interior Ministry.
The self-defense fighters were shot by a sniper from an uncompleted building opposite a Ukrainian military base, the source said.
We're now easily a couple hundred meters away from base entrance "foreign journalists are liars"-Russian self defense pic.twitter.com/2xQsNyeqa5 [5]
— Ed Flanagan (@edmundflanagan) March 18, 2014 [6]