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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUkrainian troops trying to peacefully take their besieged base's planes back (pics)
Reporting from a journalist here.
The soldiers are unarmed.
Update: Reporting says Russians are allowing 10 Ukrainian soldiers to maintain the base's planes
Pic of Ukranian troops marching to their base's occupied airfield:
Pic of Ukrainians being faced down by Russians:
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Ukrainian troops trying to peacefully take their besieged base's planes back (pics) (Original Post)
KeepItReal
Mar 2014
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. I like their peaceful defiance.
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)2. Agreed.
Brave troops at Belbek airbase.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)3. Beautiful
That would make Gandhi proud. And it is a winning proposition.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)4. Great update!
okaawhatever
(9,479 posts)5. Great work guys. nt
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)6. Here's video of the encounter
Video from ITV at this link.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)7. Good, now get in the international peace keepers as Obama offered. Keep the peace there. n/t