David. "Russian Force Takes Over Ukrainian Base Next to Airport in Crimea." The New York Times. The New York Times, 22 Mar. 2014. Web. 22 Mar. 2014.
On Saturday Russian forces pushed through the gates of a Ukrainian military base with armored vehicles, firing weapons into the air and demanding that Ukrainian soldiers surrender immediately. By that evening Russia was in full control as negotiations over the terms of withdrawal were still going on. The Kremelin has invited Ukrainian soldiers to join the Russian army with maintaining the same rank and higher pay, but many have declined. Russia has made ultimatums that if Ukraine does not relinquish control of the base to Russia, Russia will attack with force. Tension and anticipation was built throughout the afternoon for an agreement to made with Russia and Ukraine. The agreement made was the founding of the O.S.C.E. Special Monitoring Mission for six months, they will observe security situations and reports incidents that take place. It will be interesting to see in these few months whether the O.S.C.E will help maintain security in Ukraine.
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