(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Russia declares Crimea part of its area of military control after weeks during which men without insignia, widely recognized to be Russian servicemen, had surrounded strategic locations. The Defence Ministry in Moscow said the Russian flag was flying over 147 military facilities that were previously Ukrainian. Russia's Black Sea Fleet has so far taken over 54 of the 67 Ukrainian military vessels in Crimean ports. The ministry adds that fewer than 2,000 of the more than 18,000 Ukrainian military personnel want to leave Crimea. Before its controversial absorption of Crimea into Russia, Moscow repeatedly denied that personnel surrounding Crimean bases were its ow
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