Statement by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence
On March 2, 2014, a number of foreign media were reporting that Ukrainian military personnel were allegedly abandoning their military units in Crimea.
The Press and Information Office of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine officially declares that such information is not true and is a provocation.
Also untrue is the information about a mass dismissal of troops from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Military personnel in military units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stationed on the territory of Crimea, blocked by armed persons, are preserving the peace and are attempting to prevent bloodshed through negotiations, understanding full well their responsibility before civilians and their families.
The troops of the Ukrainian Armed Forces refuse to comply with the demand that they surrender their arms.
Source - Pravda.com.ua
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