(Reuters) - Unlike the unmarked masked soldiers who first seized Crimea three weeks ago, Russian paratroopers strolling across a field near the peninsula's Perevalnoye military base, which they took over on Friday, wore their trademark blue berets and red star cockades.
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A Ukrainian officer leaves the Ukrainian navy headquarters in the Crimean city of Sevastopol as Russian soldiers take control on March 19. Russian soldiers, along with Russian-backed militia, are systematically taking over all of Ukraine's military instal
