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Defending Ukraine's Naval and Air Bases: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 18) (2x21)

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Despite overwhelming support within Crimea to join the Russian Federation, Ukrainian self-defense forces refused to give up their naval and airbases to the Russians last week. In this dispatch, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky visits the Belbek airbase, which was being overrun by Cossacks and members of Russian forces, who believe they had liberated Crimea — though local self-defense forces don't seem to agree.