Russian servicemen confiscate weapons in Crimea region - Interfax

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9. Ukraine crisis: 'Polite people' leading the silent invasion of the Crimea

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10670547/Ukraine-crisis-Polite-people-leading-the-silent-invasion-of-the-Crimea.html

Outside a Ukrainian Navy installation in the suburbs of Simferopol, a man in his 20s sat on a low wall reading the local paper when a young woman approached and gave him a bag of apples.

“Thank you for coming,” she said. An ordinary enough scene, if he had not also been wearing Russian-issue green combat fatigues and cradling a Kalashnikov assault rifle.

“The 810th marine infantry brigade of the Hero City of Sebastopol,” said the soldier, putting down his copy of Krymskaya Pravda. “We’re here to help.”

The seven men around him − six with Kalashnikovs, one with a Dragunov sniper rifle − shrugged in agreement. If their NCO was willing to talk, why should they deny it?