And so it begins. A Ukrainian military officer has been killed by the Russians in an attack on the Simferopol base in Crimea. Putin better be careful. Obama may slap some more meaningless sanctions on some Russian oligarchs.
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It said all its troops at the Simferopol base had been arrested.
The attack came shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of Crimea signed a bill to absorb the peninsula into Russia.
Western powers condemned the treaty and a G7 and EU crisis meeting has been called for next week in The Hague.
The Ukrainian crisis began in November last year after pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych abandoned an EU deal in favour of stronger ties with Russia. He fled Ukraine on 22 February after protests in which many died.