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Russia continues to strengthen its military presence in Crimea 0903141.
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Sunday, March 9, 2014 11:34 AM | |||
Russia continues to strengthen its military presence in Crimea. | |||
According
to Reuters, dozens of military trucks transporting heavily armed soldiers
rumbled over Crimea's rutted roads Saturday, March 8, 2014, as Russia
reinforced its armed presence on the disputed peninsula in the Black Sea.
The convoy was accompanied by eight armoured vehicles, two ambulances,
military kitchen truck, petrol tankers and other hardware. |
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March 8 , photos were distributed showing the latest military convoy reinforcements heading into the Crimea, accompanies by a Police car demonstrating Moscow license plate numbers, most likely providing further support to the pro-Russian forces in the peninsula. |
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The Russians have
denied their armed forces are active in Crimea, but an Associated Press
reporter trailed one military convoy Saturday afternoon from (40 kilometers
west of Feodosia to a military airfield at Gvardeiskoe north of Simferopol,
over which a Russian flag flew. The amphibious operation appeared to be one of the largest movements of Russian military forces since they appeared in Crimea a week ago. Earlier this week
Ukraine said there were a total of 16,000 Russian troops in Crimea.
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