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are the facts that are NOT being reported in western media
Arms, 400 kilos of explosives seized from Kiev radicals on Crimean border
The self-defense forces guarding the borders of the Ukrainian autonomous republic of Crimea have prevented a large amount of firearms and explosives from being smuggled into the republic by Kiev radicals.
RT,
3
March, 2014
The
Cossacks and Berkut troops at the road checkpoint in the Crimean
peninsula have confiscated explosives equivalent to 400 kilograms of
TNT as well as grenades, rifles and guns, Russia-1 TV channel
reports.
The blasting agent was transported in a single batch by a truck, with the local self-defense forces currently investigating the origins and the purpose of the load. They told told RIA-Novosti news agency that the driver and the passenger of the truck were Maidan activists.
The blasting agent was transported in a single batch by a truck, with the local self-defense forces currently investigating the origins and the purpose of the load. They told told RIA-Novosti news agency that the driver and the passenger of the truck were Maidan activists.
“They
are citizens of Lvov [in western Ukraine], Maksim Shepetaylo – born
in 1990 and Vasily Pusko – born in 1989. They didn’t hide the
fact that since December last year that active participated in Maidan
clashes [in Kiev],” the
source said.
One
of the Berkut soldiers, who like many of his comrades refused to
follow the order to disband from the self-proclaimed government in
the Ukrainian capital, told Russia-1 TV that the majority of the arms
were seized from vehicles with Kiev numbers.
The
weapons have been confiscated, despite many of their owners providing
documents, which prove that they are state officials or law
enforcement officers, he said.
The
self-defense forces have demonstrated to journalists a loaded
Kalashnikov rifle, with the available evidence suggesting that shots
were recently fired from it.
They
also showed a small-caliber sniper rifle of foreign design, saying
that the weapons of such type have been frequently used by radicals
against the police during the Maidan standoff in Kiev.
Sky
News also
visited a Crimean checkpoint, reporting a stockpile of weapons –
including shotguns, hunting rifles, axes and ammunition – which the
self-defense forces said were seized from cars trying to enter
Crimea.
The
checkpoints are installed to make “sure
that everything is in order here at the entrance to Crimea, that
no-one is smuggling anything that could turn our land into another
Maidan,” one
of the guards explained.
The
newly appointed head of the Ukrainian Navy, Rear Admiral Denis
Berezovsky, as well as a number of other high ranking Ukrainian
military and security officials in Crimea, have sworn their
allegiance to the local authorities.
The
people of Crimea began protesting after the self-proclaimed
government in Kiev introduced a law abolishing the use of other
languages for official documents in Ukraine.
More
than half of the Autonomous Republic’s population are ethnic
Russians who aren’t fluent in Ukrainian and only use Russian
language for communication.
Crimea
has longstanding close ethnic, cultural and military links with
Russia, as part of Imperial Russia since the 18th century and then
the Soviet Union in the 20th century.
The
peninsula’s residents have announced that they are going to hold a
referendum on March 30 to determine the region's future.
Crimean
air base pledges allegiance to local authorities
RT,
3
March, 2014
The
Ukrainian Air Force 240th tactical aviation brigade based near
Sevastopol has pledged allegiance to the authorities of Crimea. It is
manned by more than 800 troops and has almost 50 planes, although
most of them are not operational.
“Today
the command of the 204th base in Belbek has declared that it stands
with the people or Crimea,” a spokesman for the local authorities
told Interfax.
With
the addition of the personnel of the base, the total strength of
Crimean military has almost reached 6,000 people, he said.
Belbek
Airport hosts 45 MiG-29 fighter jets and 4 L-39 training jets.
However only four fighters and one training aircraft are currently
operational, the report said.
Crimean
authorities earlier denounced the self-proclaimed government in Kiev
and declared that all Ukrainian law enforcement and military deployed
in the peninsula must take orders from them. The majority of troops
in Crimea switched sides in favor of the local authorities.
Among
those pledging allegiance to Crimea is Rear admiral Denis Berezovsky,
who was appointed by Kiev last week as chief of the Ukrainian Navy,
but swore to serve the people of Crimea on Monday.
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