Full length copy of the short video, where the locals argue with the Russian officer.
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The Russian officer claims that the Ukrainian officers and civilian personnel have no problems moving in and out of the base. The locals are complaining that they work on base, and won't get paid if they don't have access to their work place. The locals are also worried that their children are scared, and request that Russian troops patrol the local area, without weapons. The Russian officer states that at the other base entrance, Russian troops are manning the checkpoint together with the Ukrainians. The locals ask if the Ukrainian army units will be allowed to keep their weapons. The Russian officer replies, that all the weapons, vehicles, and equipment are still in Ukrainian hands, but the weapons are in sealed storage. Then the Ukrainian colonel shows up, tries to get the Russian to admit he's Russian military. The Russian officer gets angry, says that the Ukrainian officer is behaving provocatively, and says he refuses to talk to him. Then asks him to step aside so he can answer the questions of the locals.
A local woman then demands an explanation of what the soldiers are doing here, who is their enemy, and whom they are supposed to be protecting the locals from. The response is a well rehearsed mission statement about protecting the Ukrainian military unit from diversions and attacks by radicals, and from having the weapons looted. He lets slip that his command is in Sevastopol.
A man then voices his concern that he's heard that Ukrainian army units were being disarmed, and requests that the Russian troops be moved away from the Ukrainian base. He says that he's sure the locals will be willing to help with food, and access to drinking water. He also requests that the officer pass the message up to his command. The Russian officer, speaking for the camera, summarizes and says that he will pass up the message.
The local man then says that he would like to arrange a meeting between a small number of local leaders, including the Ukrainian colonel, and the Russian officers command. A meeting is set up for 7 o'clock.
The officer is then bombarded with personal questions about his opinions, where he went to school, and appeals are made that he must have the same teachers as the Ukrainian officers. The locals ask the officer to pass up that there are no "banderovtsi" (Ukrainian neo-Nazis) or radicals here. He says that he has already told his command as much, several times.
Some of the locals, veterans themselves, say that they are not well treated by Ukrainians, or by Russians. They say that they don't like seeing these troops with weapons, and say that people are calling them occupation troops, like the Germans during WWII.
The Ukrainian colonel wants to clear up the question of access for locals to the military base, and shows the camera the road block set up (in the form of a large spiky strip). The locals then demand clear answers about who their command is but don't get one.
The Ukrainian colonel says that the units command post is shut down, and has no electricity. The Russian officer says that the Ukrainians have control of it, and are maintaining a duty station there.
It ends with a relatively friendly understanding that there will be another meeting at 1900, with presence from the command of the Russian unit, and that the locals will have access to the base without interference from Russian troops.
And the Ukrainian frigate is back, and is flying an over-sized Ukrainian flag. It's not clear whether it did at one point fly the Russian Navy flag, or if this was a hoax.
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An arrest warrant has been issued for the Admiral Berezovsky, commander of the Ukrainian Navy, who pledged allegiance to Crimea.
http://newsru.com/world/05mar2014/admiral.html
Meanwhile Crimean authorities have refused to negotiate with the illegitimate government in Kiev.
http://newsru.com/world/05mar2014/avtonomia.html
Meanwhile Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reveal that the February agreement that Moscow helped broker for Yanukovich, was pushed on by the EU (France, Poland) and the US. Yanukovich carried out his side of the agreement, but the opposition didn't. The US and Europe continue to pressure Moscow to negotiate with the new Kiev government, but Moscow refuses to do so.
http://newsru.com/world/05mar2014/ukrrus.html
