One airport was a Ukrainian military airfield and the other the regional civilian airport.
Russia did NOT deny that it's armed forces seized the airports, but Russia did expressly deny than any Units assigned to the Russian Black Sea fleet seized the airport.
Russia also declined to confirm that the airport takeovers by members of the Russian Armed Forces had occurred.
The occupying troops were reported to be wearing full, matching, battle gear and each soldier was carrying both a machine gun and automatic assault rifle. The uniforms were identical but lacked insignia indicating their country of origin and also lacked insignia indicating their unit, all according to eyewitnesses quoted by various news agencies.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/milita ... sCatID=353Eyewitness account of a different event wrote: In Crimea's capital, Maxim, a pro-Russian activist who refused to give his last name, said he and other activists had camped overnight outside the local parliament in Simferopol when 50-60 men wearing flak jackets and carrying rocket-propelled grenade launchers and sniper rifles took over the building.
"Our activists were sitting there all night calmly, building the barricades," he said. "At 5 o'clock unknown men turned up and went to the building. They got into the courtyard and put everyone on the ground.
"They were asking who we were. When we said we stand for the Russian language and Russia, they said: 'Don't be afraid. We're with you.' Then they began to storm the building bringing down the doors," he said. "They didn't look like volunteers or amateurs; they were professionals. This was clearly a well-organized operation."
"Who are they?" he added. "Nobody knows."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/ ... CG20140228
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