The vice speaker of Crimea, Sergei Tsekov, told Russian RIA news agency that officials in Odessa, Kherson, and Mykolayiv oblasts had declared their intent to join the Crimean Republic.
The information could not be verified, but recall that mass demonstrations in opposition to separatism and Russian intervention occurred in all three of these cities the day prior. In Odessa, 700 Russian nationalists violently stormed the city council building, a far cry from the 10,000 who took to the streets the day before to protest against Russian expansion. The city council of Odessa made statements condemning separatism.
http://ukrainianpolicy.com/russian-invasion-of-ukraine#March3
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