PHOTOS: Crimea transforming as Ukraine faces uncertainty
March 19, 2014
People watch fireworks at the central Nakhimov square in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Friday, March 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin completed the annexation of Crimea on Friday, signing a law making the Black Sea peninsula part of Russia. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea )
People watch fireworks at the central Lenin square in Simferopol, Crimea, on Friday, March 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin completed the annexation of Crimea on Friday, signing a law making the Black Sea peninsula part of Russia.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) ( APTOPIX Crimea )
A man waves a Russian flag as people look at fire works in the center of the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 21, 2014. Russia's upper house of parliament unanimously voted on March 21 to ratify the treaty incorporating Crimea into Russian territory in defiance of the international community's insistence that the peninsula is part of Ukraine. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528266679 )
A man waves a Russian flag as the word "Russia" is projected onto a building in the center of the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 21, 2014. Russia's upper house of parliament unanimously voted on March 21 to ratify the treaty incorporating Crimea into Russian territory in defiance of the international community's insistence that the peninsula is part of Ukraine. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528267334 )
A man waves a Russian flag as people look at fire works in the center of the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 21, 2014. Russia's upper house of parliament unanimously voted on March 21 to ratify the treaty incorporating Crimea into Russian territory in defiance of the international community's insistence that the peninsula is part of Ukraine. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528267277 )
A man waves a Russian flag as people look at fire works in the center of the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 21, 2014. Russia's upper house of parliament unanimously voted on March 21 to ratify the treaty incorporating Crimea into Russian territory in defiance of the international community's insistence that the peninsula is part of Ukraine. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528266906 )
Sailors raise national flag onboard Ukrainian navy's medium landing vessel Kirovohrad as she arrives for her mooring at a lake Donuzlav near the town of Novo-Ozerne, Crimea, on Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) ( Crimea )
A woman walks in front of an anti-war mural in the center of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on March 21, 2014. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said today the Ukrainian crisis can only be resolved through a diplomatic solution that respects the territorial integrity of the splintered ex-Soviet state. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528261966 )
Ukrainian pilots watch TV displaying Russian President Vladimir Putin's speach as they sit in an unfinished building at the Belbek air -base not far from the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 21, 2014. Surly and dejected, many Ukrainian soldiers at Perevalne base in Crimea deserted their posts Friday, crossing groups of buoyant Russian soldiers moving in -- but 200 were said to be resisting. Overwhelmed by superior force and on the day Russia formally claimed the Black Sea peninsula as its territory, the biggest base still holding out against a creeping month-long invasion was slowly giving up. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528264182 )
Ukrainian soldiers patrol at the Belbek air -base not far from the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528264107 )
Ukrainian army tanks take up positions not far from the border between Ukraine and Russia, in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, on March 21, 2014. The EU welcomed Ukraine into the Western fold today, signing the political provisions of a landmark accord as a defiant Russia formally completed its takeover of Crimea. AFP PHOTO / SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty Images ( 528265042 )
Ukrainian army soldiers check vehicles on a road not far from the border between Ukraine and Russia, in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, on March 21, 2014. The EU welcomed Ukraine into the Western fold today, signing the political provisions of a landmark accord as a defiant Russia formally completed its takeover of Crimea. AFP PHOTO / SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty Images ( 528265385 )
A Ukrainian soldier pets a dog at the Belbek air force base not far from the city of Sevastopol, in Crimea, on March 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528268638 )
A Ukrainian soldier embraces his daughter at the Belbek air force base not far from the city of Sevastopol, in Crimea, on March 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528268712 )
A Ukrainian army soldier smokes a cigarette next to a machine gun at the Belbek air force base not far from the city of Sevastopol, in Crimea, on March 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528268538 )
Ukrainian border guards take their positions during training at a military camp in the village of Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian border, eastern Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a resolution approved by parliament to annex Crimea. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Ukrainian border guards run to take their positions during training at a military camp in the village of Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian border, eastern Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a resolution approved by parliament to annex Crimea. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
A Ukrainian airman plays with a child at the Belbek air base, outside Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, March 21, 2014. The base commander Col. Yuliy Mamchur said he was asked but the Russian military to turn over the base but is unwilling to do so until he receives orders from the Ukrainian defense ministry. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( Crimea )
An Ukrainian airman carries a TV set as he leaves the Belbek air base, outside Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, March 21, 2014. The base commander Col. Yuliy Mamchur said he was asked by the Russian military to turn over the base but is unwilling to do so until he receives orders from the Ukrainian defense ministry. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( Crimea )
Ukrainian border guards take a break during a training session at a military camp in the village of Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian border, eastern Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed bills on Friday making Crimea part of Russia, completing the annexation from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Russian soldiers check documents and search cars at the check-point in the Henichesk district, on the road across the Chongar strait, one of the two roads linking Crimea to Ukraine on March 21, 2014. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said today the Ukrainian crisis can only be resolved through a diplomatic solution that respects the territorial integrity of the splintered ex-Soviet state. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528260246 )
A priest blesses Ukrainian border guards at a military camp in the village of Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian border, eastern Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a resolution approved by parliament to annex Crimea. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Ukrainian border guards perform an exercise in anti-air attack during training at a military camp in the village of Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian border, eastern Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs bills making Crimea part of Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, March 21, 2014. President Vladimir Putin completed the annexation of Crimea on Friday, signing the peninsula into Russia at nearly the same time his Ukrainian counterpart sealed a deal pulling his country closer into Europe's orbit. (AP Photo/Sergei Chirikov, Pool) ( Russia Putin )
Residents gather in a passport center to submit papers to apply for Russian passports in Simferopol, Crimea, Friday, March 21, 2014. Two signatures Friday on opposite sides of Europe deepened the divide between East and West, as the European Union pulled Ukraine closer into its orbit and Russia formally annexed Crimea. (AP Photo/Maxim Vetrov) ( Crimea )
Belbek air base commander Col. Yuliy Mamchur, center, reacts to a request to leave the base by a leader of Crimea's self defense units, right, who declined to be identified, near the main gate of the base, outside Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, March 21, 2014. Mamchur said he was asked by the Russian military to turn over the base but is unwilling to do so until he receives orders from the Ukrainian defense ministry. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( Crimea )
Ukrainian airmen sit at the Belbek air base, outside Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, March 21, 2014. The base commander Col. Yuliy Mamchur said he was asked by the Russian military to turn over the base but is unwilling to do so until he receives orders from the Ukrainian defense ministry. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( APTOPIX Crimea )
Ukrainian border guards run to take their positions during training at a military camp in the village of Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian border, eastern Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Cars on their way to Crimea queue at the check-point in the Henichesk district, on the road across the Chongar strait, one of the two roads linking Crimea to Ukraine on March 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528260165 )
A Ukrainian border guard takes position during training at a military camp in the village of Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian border, eastern Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Ukrainian airmen place sand bags around an anti-aircraft gun at the Belbek air base, outside Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( Crimea )
Ukrainian airmen carry a washing machine while removing their belongings from the Belbek air base, outside Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, March 21, 2014. The base commander Col. Yuliy Mamchur said he was asked by the Russian military to turn over the base but is unwilling to do so until he receives orders from the Ukrainian defense ministry. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( Crimea )
A Ukrainian soldier walks past Russian soldiers marching to their camp outside a military base in Perevalne, Crimea, on Friday, March 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected today to sign the annexation of Ukraineís Crimean Peninsula. The upper house of the Russian parliament approved the annexation earlier today. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) ( APTOPIX Crimea )
Ukrainian border guards take a break during training at a military camp in the village of Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian border, eastern Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Russian forces build a protection barrier at the check-point in the Henichesk district, on the road across the Chongar strait, one of the two roads linking Crimea to Ukraine on March 21, 2014. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said today the Ukrainian crisis can only be resolved through a diplomatic solution that respects the territorial integrity of the splintered ex-Soviet state. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528260126 )
Men in unmarked uniforms seized the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky in Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Pro-Russian crowds seized two Ukrainian warships Thursday. Shots were fired but there were no casualties. Another ship, the Lutsk, was also surrounded by pro-Russian forces. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( APTOPIX Crimea )
Pro Russian activists block a road with car tires near the armory Ukrainian army to prevent the export of arms and ammunition in the village of Poraskoveyevka, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, March 20, 2014. The disheveled men barricading the muddy lane leading into a military base in this eastern Ukraine village say they're taking a stand to defend Russian-speakers. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
A soldier in an unmarked uniform stands guard at APC outside the Ukrainian Military Prosecutor's Office in Simferopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. The lower house of Russian parliament voted Thursday to make Crimea a part of Russia following Sunday's Crimean referendum in which its residents overwhelmingly backed breaking off from Ukraine and joining Russia. (AP Photo/Maxin Vetrov) ( Crimea )
A pro-Russia forces man holds a gun during seizure of the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky in Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Pro-Russian crowds seized two Ukrainian warships Thursday. Shots were fired but there were no casualties as the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky was seized in Sevastopol. Another ship, the Lutsk, was also surrounded by pro-Russian forces. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea )
Soldiers walk near the armory of the Ukrainian army in the village of Poraskoveyevka, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
A man in an unmarked uniform with a ribbon symbolizing the Soviet victory in WWII, holds a gun during seizure of the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky in Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( APTOPIX Crimea )
Officers of the Ukrainian navy ship Lutsk raise a Russian navy flag aboard the Lutsk, which has been seized by Russia, in Sevastopol, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( APTOPIX Crimea )
Pro-Russian forces hang up a Russian flag after seizing the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky in Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea )
Pro Russian activists collect wood in their camp near the armory of Ukrainian army where they take a stand to prevent the export of arms and ammunition in the village of Poraskoveyevka, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, March 20, 2014. T(AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
A crew member of the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky leaves the ship which has been seized by pro-Russian forces in Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea )
Men in unmarked uniforms stand guard during seizure of the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky in Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea )
People stand under a Russian flag in front of the Crimean parliament bearing a new sign reading "State council of Crimean Republic" in central Simferopol on March 20, 2014. European leaders were on March 20 to debate biting economic sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Crimea as Ukraine tore up key ties with the Kremlin and drew up plans to evacuate its nationals from the rebel peninsula. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528219036 )
Ukrainian air force officers walk with their bags at the Belbek airbase, outside Sevastopol, Crimea, on Thursday, March 20, 2014. With thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and sailors trapped on military bases, surrounded by heavily armed Russian forces and pro-Russia militia, the Kiev government said it was drawing up plans to evacuate its outnumbered troops from Crimea back to the mainland and would seek U.N. support to turn the peninsula into a demilitarized zone. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) ( Crimea )
Pro Russian activists camped near the armory Ukrainian army to prevent the export of arms and ammunition in the village of Poraskoveyevka, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, March 20, 2014. The disheveled men barricading the muddy lane leading into a military base in this eastern Ukraine village say they're taking a stand to defend Russian-speakers. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Crew members of the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky leave their ship which has been seized by pro-Russian forces in Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea )
A Ukrainian officer talks with a pro Russian activist in their camp near the armory Ukrainian army where they stand to prevent the export of arms and ammunition in the village of Poraskoveyevka, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Pro Russian activists install a placard reading "We are for peace without wars" in their camp near the armory of Ukrainian army in the village of Poraskoveyevka, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
A man shakes hands with soldiers in unmarked uniforms on guard outside the Ukrainian Military Prosecutor's Office in Simferopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. The lower house of Russian parliament voted Thursday to make Crimea a part of Russia following Sunday's Crimean referendum in which its residents overwhelmingly backed breaking off from Ukraine and joining Russia. (AP Photo/Maxin Vetrov) ( Crimea )
Pro Russian activists camped near the armory of Ukrainian army in a bid to prevent the export of arms and ammunition in the village of Poraskoveyevka, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Pro Russian activists block a road with car tires near the armory Ukrainian army to prevent the export of arms and ammunition in the village of Poraskoveyevka, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Officers of the Ukrainian navy ship Lutsk line up aboard the Lutsk, which has been seized by Russia, in Sevastopol, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Pro-Russian crowds seized two Ukrainian warships Thursday. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea )
A pro-Russian forces member keeps watch during the seizure of the Ukrainian corvette Pridniprovya in Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea )
A child gives fruit to a Ukrainian officer at the Ukrainian Military Prosecutor's Office in Simferopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Maxin Vetrov) ( Crimea )
Soldiers walk near the armory Ukrainian army in the village of Poraskoveyevka, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Russian soldiers patrol the area surrounding the Ukrainian military unit in Perevalnoye, outside Simferopol, on March 20, 2014. Kiev will never recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea and will fight for the "liberation" of the strategic Black Sea peninsula, Ukraine's parliament said in a resolution adopted on March 20. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528217051 )
Russian soldiers patrol the area surrounding the Ukrainian military unit in Perevalnoye, outside Simferopol, on March 20, 2014. Kiev will never recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea and will fight for the "liberation" of the strategic Black Sea peninsula, Ukraine's parliament said in a resolution adopted on March 20. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528221825 )
Russian and Ukranian soldiers talk at the gate of a Ukrainian military unit in the village of Perevalnoye, outside Simferopol on March 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528217992 )
A sailor aboard a Ternopil navy ship moored in Sevastopol bay on March 20, 2014. European leaders prepared on March 20 to debate biting economic sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Crimea as Ukraine tore up key ties with the Kremlin and drew up plans to evacuate its nationals from the rebel peninsula. The European Union is under intense pressure to find a credible response to an explosive security crisis on the 28-nation bloc's eastern frontier that NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday called "the gravest threat to European security and stability since the end of the Cold War.AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528219533 )
Crimean self-defense forces member walks in the Ukrainian navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. C (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea )
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, on March 19, 2014. Russia is heading to a new era of confrontation with the West as Putin reasserts Kremlin power by tearing up the post-Soviet order that prevailed for over two decades, analysts say. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ POOL/ ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images ( 528195543 )
Cossacks prepare to patrol Russian-Ukraininian border near the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, on March 19, 2014. But by snatching Crimea from Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has shown a readiness to redraw Russia's current frontiers and shatter the order that dates from the so-called Belovezhskaya Accords.AFP PHOTO / ANDREY KRONBERG/AFP/Getty Images ( 528197620 )
Cossacks prepare to patrol an area near Russian-Ukrainian border near the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, on March 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANDREY KRONBERG/AFP/Getty Images ( 528197724 )
Cossacks check an empty building as they patrol an area near Russian-Ukraininian border near the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, on March 19, 2014. But by snatching Crimea from Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has shown a readiness to redraw Russia's current frontiers and shatter the order that dates from the so-called Belovezhskaya Accords.AFP PHOTO / ANDREY KRONBERG/AFP/Getty Images ( 528197658 )
A Russian soldier stands inside the Ukrainian navy south headquarters base in Novoozerne after it was taken over by Russian forces on March 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528195649 )
Ukrainian officers walk with their bags as they leave the Ukrainian navy south headquarters base in Novoozerne after it was taken over by Russian forces on March 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528195701 )
A Ukrainian officer leaves the Ukrainian navy south headquarters base in Novoozerne after it was taken over by Russian forces on March 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528196211 )
Workers install new sign on a local parliament building reading "State council of Crimean Republic", in Simferopol, Crimea, on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Russian parliament is expected to approve Crimean appeal to join the Russian Federation on Thursday.(AP Photo/Max Vetrov) ( Crimea )
Pro-Russian self-defense force members get through an entrance to the Ukrainian Navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. An Associated Press photographer said several hundred militiamen took down the gate and made their way onto the base. They then raised the Russian flag in the square by the headquarters. The unarmed militia waited for an hour on the square before the move to storm the headquarters. Following the arrival of the commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet, the Crimeans took over the building. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea Russia )
Crimean pro-Russian self-defense forces open a gate to the territory of the Ukrainian navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Crimea's self-defense forces on Wednesday stormed the Ukrainian navy headquarters in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, taking possession without resistance a day after Russia signed a treaty with local authorities to annex the region. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea Russia )
Crimean self-defense forces brawl with Ukrainian servicemen outside the Ukrainian navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Crimea's self-defense forces on Wednesday stormed the Ukrainian navy headquarters in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, taking possession without resistance a day after Russia signed a treaty with local authorities to annex the region. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea Russia )
Pro-Russian protesters remove the gate of Ukrainian navy headquarters as Russian troops stand guard in Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 19, 2014. Pro-Russian protesters seized Ukraine's Crimean naval headquarters and captured its commander on Wednesday after Moscow claimed the peninsula and the first casualties ratcheted up stakes in the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War. AFP PHOTO/ VASILIY BATANOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528191512 )
Unarmed members of Pro-Russian self-defense forces, left, force themselves through a chain of Ukrainian military men at the Ukrainian Navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( APTOPIX Crimea Russia )
Chief of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Alexander Vitko leaves the Ukrainian navy headquarters stormed by Crimean pro-Russian self-defense forces in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( APTOPIX Crimea Russia )
Ukrainian officers leave as Russian soldiers stand guard at the Ukrainian navy headquarters in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 19, 2014. Ukrainian servicemen filed out of navy headquarters in Sevastopol on Wednesday with tears in their eyes after the base was seized by pro-Moscow militants, Russian troops and Cossack forces. The assault began when some 200 unarmed militants -- some of them in balaclavas -- sawed through a fence and overran the base while the Ukrainian servicemen barricaded themselves inside. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528192778 )
The Russian coat of arms is placed on the gate as Russian soldiers stand guard after they took contol of the Ukrainian navy south headquarters base in Novoozerne on March 19, 2014. Russian forces seized control of a second Ukrainian navy base in western Crimea on Wednesday, AFP reporters saw, hours after capturing the main navy headquarters in Sevastopol. Some 50 Ukrainian servicemen were seen filing out of the base at Novoozerne as Russian soldiers stood by, while pro-Moscow militants raised the Russian flag over the base. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528195080 )
Russian military personnel surround a Ukrainian military base on March 19, 2014 in Perevalnoe, Ukraine. Russia's Constitutional Court ruled unanimously on March 19 that Russia's President Vladimir Putin acted legally by signing a treaty to make Crimea part of Russia. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 479507221 )
Russian military personnel move towards a Ukrainian military base on March 19, 2014 in Perevalnoe, Ukraine. Russia's Constitutional Court ruled unanimously on March 19 that Russia's President Vladimir Putin acted legally by signing a treaty to make Crimea part of Russia. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 479507219 )
A Ukrainian serviceman packs his things in the Ukrainian navy headquarters after it was stormed by Crimean pro-Russian self-defense forces in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea Russia )
An Ukrainian officer leaves as Russian soldiers patrol at the Ukrainian navy headquarters in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 19, 2014. Pro-Russian forces captured Ukraine's naval commander after seizing his headquarters in Crimea on Wednesday as Moscow's grip tightened on the peninsula despite Western warnings its "annexation" would not go unpunished. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528192274 )
Crimean pro-Russian self-defense forces scuffle with Ukrainian servicemen outside the Ukrainian navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea Russia )
Ukrainian servicemen pile up their things after leaving the Ukrainian navy headquarters stormed by Crimean pro-Russian self-defense forces in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea Russia )
Russian military personnel move towards a Ukrainian military base on March 19, 2014 in Perevalnoe, Ukraine. Russia's Constitutional Court ruled unanimously on March 19 that Russia's President Vladimir Putin acted legally by signing a treaty to make Crimea part of Russia. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 479507321 )
Russian military personnel surround a Ukrainian military base on March 19, 2014 in Perevalnoe, Ukraine. Russia's Constitutional Court ruled unanimously on March 19 that Russia's President Vladimir Putin acted legally by signing a treaty to make Crimea part of Russia. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 479507701 )
Russian military personnel take positions on a nearby hillside as they move towards a Ukrainian military base on March 19, 2014 in Perevalnoe, Ukraine. Russia's Constitutional Court ruled unanimously on March 19 that Russia's President Vladimir Putin acted legally by signing a treaty to make Crimea part of Russia. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 479512885 )
Russian military personnel surround a Ukrainian military base on March 19, 2014 in Perevalnoe, Ukraine. Russia's Constitutional Court ruled unanimously on March 19 that Russia's President Vladimir Putin acted legally by signing a treaty to make Crimea part of Russia. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 479508109 )
Barricades are viewed in Maidan Square, the site of months of often violent protest that led to the ouster of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich on March 19, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Tensions in Crimea continue as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced yesterday the annexation of Crimea. Voters in the semiautonomous territory approved a quickly called referendum on separating from Ukraine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 479513803 )
A woman pauses in Maidan Square, the site of months of often violent protest that led to the ouster of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich on March 19, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 479513823 )
Russian soldiers and pro-Russian self-defense activists patrol at the Ukrainian navy headquarters in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 19, 2014. Pro-Russian forces captured Ukraine's naval commander after seizing his headquarters in Crimea on Wednesday as Moscow's grip tightened on the peninsula despite Western warnings its "annexation" would not go unpunished. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528192204 )
A room is left by a Ukrainian serviceman in the Ukrainian navy headquarters stormed by Crimean pro-Russian self-defense forces in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea )
A local parliament building bearing the Crimea regional emblem, top centre, as workers install a new sign on the building, reading "State council of Crimean Republic", in Simferopol, Crimea, on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Russian parliament is due to approve Crimean appeal to join the Russia Federation on Thursday. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghidra) ( Crimea )
Members of a Pro-Russian self-defense force scuffle as they try to get into the Ukrainian Navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea Russia )
Crimean self-defense forces scuffle with Ukrainian servicemen outside the Ukrainian Navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea Russia )
A member of a Pro-Russian self-defense force reaches for a knife, as he takes down a Ukrainian Navy flag at the Ukrainian Navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( APTOPIX Crimea Russia )
Crimean pro-Russian self-defense force members put down Ukrainian navy insignia after storming the Ukrainian navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea Russia )
Crimean pro-Russian self-defense forces walk through the Ukrainian navy headquarters, with a picture of 19th century Ukrainian poet and writer Taras Shevchenko, in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Crimea )
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