1855 GMT: There is an unconfirmed report that Russian troops have crossed into Zaporozhe. Watch this space....MUCH MUCH MORE
1852 GMT: 5 Channel is reporting the shooting in Simferopol. This video appears to show the aftermath, but not the gunfire itself:
1825 GMT: A key feature of events throughout the past days has been repeated denials from the Kremlin and its supporters that it has sent troops from Russia, along with claims that armed masked men are either contractors merely securing sites or local pro-Russian militias. Well, here they are: the Russian troops from Russia, as the photo indicates in a tweet from the BBC’s Daniel Sandford from Balaclava:
1728 GMT: Right Sector is a hardline right-wing group that is part of the Euromaidan movement in Ukraine…
Earlier:
Ukraine Liveblog Day 11: Airports Seized
Neo-Nazis, Biker Gangs Are the Shock Troops of the Russian Takeover of Ukrainian Crimea
