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Ukrainian soldiers get Russia's OK to leave Crimea
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 22 - 03 - 2014


Russia on Saturday ordered an escort for Ukrainian
soldiers leaving Crimea as the loss of Ukraine's lone submarine was
reported, according to dpa.
Moscow's offer, made after its internationally condemned annexation
of the Ukrainian peninsula this week, is aimed at 61 members of a
paratrooper brigade who arrived in Crimea for exercises in February
and want to resume their service in the Ukrainian army.
The pro-Moscow leadership in Crimea had demanded that the soldiers
leave behind their equipment in return for being allowed to depart,
but Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered that the soldiers
could leave Crimea with their own vehicles. They are to be escorted
to the border by Russian military police.
At the same time, unconfirmed news reports said the Russian Navy had
taken over Ukraine's only submarine, the Zaporizhzhia.
Ships in Russia's Black Sea Fleet surrounded the Zaporizhzhia in a
bay near the Crimean port of Sevastopol and threw stun grenades,
prompting its surrender, Russia's Channel 5 reported.
A naval news website in Russia, flot.com, said the Zaporizhzhia's
captain agreed to transfer the vessel, which was launched in 1970 and
has a crew of 78, to the Black Sea Fleet.
The reports came days after Russian military personnel boarded and
occupied three Ukrainian warships in Crimea Thursday.
Meanwhile, interim Ukrainian Defence Minister Ihor Tenyukh accused
his commanders in Crimea of "weak morals" as Ukrainian soldiers and
sailors continue to be surrounded on the peninsula.
Russian forces essentially took control of Crimea, which has a
majority Russian population, at the end of February after three
months of protests against pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor
Yanukovych led to his ouster.
"Men don't cry," Tenyukh offered as a retort to officers who have
complained of a dearth of leadership and support from the general
staff.
The army has been poorly trained in recent years and has lacked
preparation for how to respond to an emergency, Tenyukh charged.
Navy chief Sergei Gayduk said Ukrainian military personnel in Crimea
must secure their ships and bases. A drawback is out of the question,
he told the television channel TSN.
Gayduk himself was released Thursday, a day after being seized during
a raid by pro-Russia militias on a military base in Crimea.


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