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↑ "Gunmen Seize Government Buildings in Crimea". The New York Times. 2014-02-27. สืบค้นเมื่อ 2014-03-01. Masked men with guns seized government buildings in the capital of Ukraine's Crimea region on Thursday, barricading themselves inside and raising the Russian flag after mysterious overnight raids that appeared to be the work of militant Russian nationalists who want this volatile Black Sea region ruled from Moscow.
