The buildings housing the parliament and government of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea were seized by armed persons on Feb. 27.
A Crimean parliament spokesman told Interfax that unknown persons had
broken into the legislature’s headquarters and ordered security guards
to leave the building.
All employees of Crimea’s parliament were given a day-off on Thursday, he said.
There is a large police presence outside of the Crimean government
headquarters. Officers are not allowing people to approach the seized
building.
According to an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent, a barricade, made of
timber pallets, garbage bins and other materials has been constructed
near the entrance door to the parliament building, which has also been
cordoned off by police.
Russian flags can be seen on the roof of both buildings.
