The incursion came 24 hours after masked gunmen took over government
buildings there, raising the Russian flag over the regional parliament
in a defiant sign that the battle for Ukraine is far from over.
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On Feb. 27, Russian armed men in military fatigues captured two airports in Crimea.
On Friday, armed men in military fatigues marched into the principal airport in Simferopol, the capital of Ukraine's most contentious region, Crimea. The uniforms did not reveal their identity, but an alarmed Interior Minister in Ukraine's new government declared the move an "armed invasion" by Russia.
