Ukraine navy chief switches allegiance to Russia

Ukraine's top navy chief defected to Russia adding that he swears allegiance to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Kiev | March 3, 2014 12:06 AM IST

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Ukraine’s navy chief announced on Sunday he had switched allegiance to the pro-Russian authorities of the flashpoint peninsula of Crimea, a day after he was appointed to the post by interim leader Oleksandr Turchynov.

“I swear to execute the orders of the (pro-Russia) commander-in-chief of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea,” Denis Berezovsky said in a televised statement from inside the Crimean headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, adding that he “swears allegiance to the residents of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.”

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