Russian military has delivered an ultimatum to Ukrainian armed forces in Crimea 0303143

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Defence & Security News - Russia
 
 
Monday, March 3, 2014 07:27 PM
 
Russian military has delivered an ultimatum to Ukrainian armed forces in Crimea.
Russia's military has given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until dawn on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, 00:50 AM to surrender or face an assault, Ukrainian defence sources have said. Russia is now said to be in de facto control of the Crimea region. Ukraine has ordered full mobilisation to counter the intervention.
     
Russia's military has given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until dawn on Tuesday, March 3, 2014, 00:50 AM to surrender or face an assault, Ukrainian defence sources have said. Russia is now said to be in de facto control of the Crimea region. Ukraine has ordered full mobilisation to counter the intervention.
Ukrainian soldiers were surrounded by Russian troops at Perevalnoye, one of several stand-offs on the peninsula.
     

Moscow has defended its parliament's approval of President Vladimir Putin's use of military force to protect its citizens in the Crimean Peninsula, an autonomous region of eastern Ukraine with strong loyalty to Russia.

This morning, 150 Russian troops and more than 20 military vehicles surrounded the Ukrainian military base of Perevalnoe, where there was a tense standoff. Ukrainian soldiers drove a BMP-2 armoured infantry fighting vehicle up to the inside gates of the base in response and around 15 of them lined up against the gate.

On the ground, Russian troops controlled all Ukrainian border posts Monday in Crimea, as well as all military facilities and a key ferry terminal, cementing their stranglehold on the strategic Ukrainian peninsula.

They also demanded that the crew of two Ukrainian warships immediately surrender or be stormed and seized, according to Maksim Prauta, the Ukrainian defense ministry spokesman.

Four Russian navy ships in Sevastopol's harbor were blocking Ukraine's anti-submarine warship Ternopil and the command ship Slavutych, waiting for their answers, he said.
     
The 810 Naval Infantry Brigade is the main combat unit of Russian armed forces based in Sevastopol with a total of 1,088 personnel.
BTR-80 of the the 810 Naval Infantry Brigade during military trainig exercise.
     
The main Russian military base in Ukraine is the fleet headquarters and naval infantry brigade headquarters at Sevastopol. There are four coastal missile regiments each located in four different bases.

The 810 Naval Infantry Brigade is the main combat unit of Russian armed forces based in Sevastopol with a total of 1,088 personnel.

This unit is equipped with BTR-80 (8x8 armoured personnel carrier), BTR-82A (8x8 armoured personnel carrier) BMP-2 (Armoured infantry fighting vehicle), BPM-1K (Command post tracked vehicle). 2S1 Gvozdika (122mm self-propelled howitzer), 2S9 Nona (mortar carrier vehicle), 2S23 (mortar carier), SA-8 (Surface-to-Air defense missile system), MT-LB (multirole tracked armoured vehicle), PRP-3 (Reconnaissance armoured vehicle), PRP-4 (Reconnaissance armoured vehicle), BTR-60 PU-12 (mobile command post), 1V19 (Artillery support vehicle), BREM-2 (Tracked armoured recovery vehicle), MT-55A (armoured vehicle-launched bridge) and MTU-20 (tracked bridge layer vehicle).
     
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The BTR-80 is a Russian-made 8x8 armoured vehicle personnel carrier designed and manufactured by the Company Arzamas machinery Construction Plant of Nizhny Novgorod. The BTR-80 8 x 8 armored personnel carrier is designed to carry infantry soldiers on the battlefield and provide close fire support.
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2S1 Gvozdika 122mm self-propelled howitzer technical data sheet specifications information description pictures photos images intelligence identification intelligence Russia Russian army defence industry military technology
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SA-8 Gecko 9K33 OSA Ground-to-air missile system technical data sheet specifications information description pictures photos images identification intelligence Russia Russian army

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