28 Feb 2014 11:14

Crimean self-defense units controlling Sevastopol's Belbek Airport

SEVASTOPOL. Feb 28 (Interfax) - The latest reports suggest that self-defense units formed in Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea have been controlling Belbek Airport, located outside Sevastopol, since 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, a source familiar with the situation told reporters.

Russian servicemen are not involved in the events at Belbek Airport, he said.

Members of these self-defense units are dressed in uniforms without any identification signs. They have explained their presence at the airport by the need to "stop any militants from coming there."