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Situation in Crimea March 3, 2014 Russian military keep isolating the units of Ukrainian Border Guard Service On March 3, the Russian Federation Armed Forces military (about 300 servicemen) continue retaining and isolating the buildings of the Azov-Black Sea regional department, Simferopol border guard detachment administration (about 30 servicemen), Sevastopol (about 100 servicemen) and Kerch (about 30 servicemen) Marine Guard detachments, “Kerch” border guard division (about 30 servicemen) and “Krym-Kavkaz” border crossing point (about 40 servicemen) of Sevastopol border guard detachment. At 19.15 the ferry “Yeisk” arrived at “Krym-Kuban” BCP for entering Ukraine. During the border contro! of two microbuses (one empty, other with 26 persons inside) there were 7 persons mounted with automatic firearm and automatic pistols detected. There were none licenses for firearm weapon transportation. At the same time, 10 armed military of Russian Federation Black Sea Fleet armed with machine gun and gun group burst into the BCP’s territory from Ukrainian side overrunning positions across the BCP (at the moment “Kerch-Kuban” BCP is isolated by the armed persons at the rate of 100). The claims of border guard detail regarding forbiddance of bringing the firearm weapon into Ukroine were ignored, despite opposition of border guards the microbuses smash t on the tervitory of Ukraine. The “Kerch” BCP administration appealed to the Security Service and Ministry of Internal Affairs on taking relevant measures concerning this situation within the their competence was failed, Later, three auto trucks BCP by the next ferry Ignoring all the justifiable claims of border guard detail, the armed persons, who were already »t PCP (menacing border guards with weapon), outflanked the border guards away from the ferry, and the transport means penetrated across the BCP towards Ukraine. Hereupon, the group of armed people using physical force occupied the station of “Kerch” border guard division of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. In a view of full isolntion of the unit and the BCP by armed persons, unavailability to carry out tasks of the border control and the convincing threat to health and Survival of the border guards, the pass through the state border of Ukraine at “Krym-Kuban” OC? is terminated. Henceforth, all the movements of persons, transport means and cargoes at this BCP become 1, The General Bo potentiary of Russian Federation was informed by the Administration of the Store Rorder Guard Service about this situation Administration -” te Stote Border Guard Service of Ukraine

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