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Ukraine Troops Vacate Crimea Military Base

Soldiers from the Ukrainian 36th Coastal Defense Brigade are seen in this video vacating their Crimea Perevalnyy military base, after refusing to join the Russian military. The soldiers traveled on April 2 to their new base in Odessa. The brigade’s major said that about 150 of his soldiers remained loyal to Ukraine while several others decided to stay in Crimea and serve with Russian forces in the Black Sea peninsula, according to RFE/RL. Credit: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty