Ukraine Launches Treason Case Against New Navy Chief — He Defected To Crimea, Ordered Navy To Irgnore Kiev

Rear Admiral Denys Berezovsky: "I swear allegiance to the residents of the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea." (Screen capture from video)

By euronews
Ukraine launched a treason case on Sunday against the head of the navy, who surrendered his headquarters on Sunday in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on only his second day on the job.
Denis Berezovsky was shown on Russian television swearing allegiance to the pro-Russian regional leaders of Crimea.

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Russian forces have seized the Black Sea peninsula and told Ukrainian forces there to give up their weapons.

“During the blockade by Russian forces of the central headquarters of the navy, he declined to offer resistance and laid down his weapons,” said Viktoria Syumar, deputy secretary of Ukraine’s Security Council.

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