“Ukraine put its police on high alert after dozens of pro-Russia gunmen stormed and seized local government buildings in Ukraine’s Crimea region early Thursday and raised a Russian flag over a barricade. Ukraine’s acting president said that if Russian forces leave their base in the strategic peninsula that ‘will be considered a military aggression.’ Russia maintains a large naval base in southern Crimea that has strained relations between the countries for two decades.
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Source: Pro-Russia gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine’s Crimea – latimes.com