Stop NATO1) Russia’s western combat aviation to redeploy to emergency airfields
2) Ukraine to see presence of Russian military outside area stipulated by agreement as aggression – acting president
3) Crimean parliament dismisses autonomous republic’s government
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Interfax-Military
February 27, 2014
Russia’s western combat aviation to redeploy to emergency airfields
MOSCOW: Western Military District (WMD) aviation wings have begun redeployment to emergency airfields as part of sudden checks being held at the behest of the Russian Armed Forces Commander-in-chief, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
“Advanced groups of aviation specialists flew military transport aircraft to designated airfields where they conducted an overnight inspection of the runways. In addition, military transport aircraft delivered specialist ground-based equipment designed for full support of combat aircraft flights from unequipped airfields,” the ministry said in a press release obtained by Interfax-AVN on Thursday.
“On February 27, after receiving reports from advance group seniors on the readiness of emergency airfields to receive the aircraft, the First Command of the Air Force and Air Defense began redeploying combat aircraft,” the statement said.
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Interfax-Ukraine
February 27, 2014
Ukraine to see presence of Russian military outside area stipulated by agreement as aggression – acting president
Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Chairman and interim President Oleksandr Turchynov is calling on the Russian Black Sea Fleet servicemen stationed in Crimea not to leave the boundaries of their base determined by the relevant Ukrainian-Russian agreements.
“I am addressing the Russian Black Sea Fleet command with a demand: all military servicemen should stay within the boundaries of the territories stipulated by the agreement. Any movement of military servicemen with weapons outside this territory will be viewed as military aggression,” Turchynov said while speaking at the Verkhovna Rada on Thursday.
Turchynov also warned that “Ukrainian enemies should not try to destabilize the situation, should not encroach on our independence, sovereignty, and territory.”
He called for “immediately starting to form a government that would be obliged to ensure security of Ukrainians and restore law and order.”
The Verkhovna Rada’s session on Thursday will continue until a new government is confirmed, he said.
“Ukraine will be able to defend its independence, sovereignty, and the inviolability of its territory,” he said.
Turchynov announced also that he had issued instructions that all possible measures be taken to protect people in Crimea and unblock the buildings seized in Simferopol.
“All necessary measures must be taken to protect citizens, punish those guilty of seizures in line with the law, and unblock the building. I am calling on all Ukrainians to stay calm, and on patriots to defend administrative buildings from instigators and extremists. Any attempts to seize administrative buildings will be viewed as a crime against the Ukrainian state,” Turchynov said at a plenary parliamentary session on Thursday.
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Interfax-Ukraine
February 27, 2014
Crimean parliament dismisses autonomous republic’s government
At an extraordinary plenary session on Thursday, the Supreme Council of Crimea passed a motion of no confidence in the Council of Ministers of Crimea and terminated its powers, a spokesperson for the secretariat of the Crimean parliament Olha Sulnikova has said.
According to her, this decision was supported by 55 of the 64 members of the Crimean parliament.
According to the adopted resolution, the Supreme Council of Crimea declared the work of the Council of Ministers of Crimea in 2013 unsatisfactory and therefore passed a motion of no-confidence in the Crimean government.
Under the same decision, the Crimean parliament terminated the powers of the Council of Ministers of Crimea.
In addition, the parliament dismissed Anatoliy Mohyliov as the chairman of the Crimean Council of Ministers pursuant to Article 136 of the Constitution of Ukraine.
The document takes effect on the day on which it is passed.