Ukraine crisis: Commander describes Russian withdrawal

Name: Ukraine crisis: Commander describes Russian withdrawal
Uploaded: 2014-03-06T11:43:24.000Z
Duration: 1 min 13 s
Description: A Ukrainian deputy commander at a missile defence base in Crimea has told the BBC's Ben Brown how Russian troops surrounding his facility withdrew from their positions.

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Russian troops who surrounded a missile defence base in Crimea several days ago have now left their positions.

Yevgenii Pukhkiy, deputy commander at the Cape Fiolent site, described how the soldiers packed up and left in the middle of the night.

The BBC's Ben Brown reports from the base.

Europe

6 March 2014