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Friday, 28 February 2014

Unidentified armed men patrol Crimean airport in Ukraine

Updated: February 28, 2014 12:38AM KIEV, Ukraine — Dozens of armed men in military uniforms without markings were patrolling the airport in the capital of Ukraine’s strategic Crimea region on Friday as tensions in the country’s Russian-speaking southeast escalated. Russian state television quoted eyewitnesses saying the men arrived at the Simferopol airport in the early hours on Friday. An Associated Press photographer saw military men armed with assault rifles Friday morning patrolling the...

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