Russias formally asserting authority in crimea. They stormed the regions Largest Air Force base. Shots were fired forcing some to take cover. Shanelle troops began unloading art i willery from a ukrainian warship which russia seized earlier this week. In Eastern Ukraine, hundreds of protesters rallied in support of yanukovych. Lets turn to jennifer glasse. There are a lot of things happening. What have you seen . Reporter jonathan, what we have seen is russia strengthen its grip on the crimean pepz pennsylvania. It took belvek, the air force base, the air base. Just about 10 miles north of here in sevastopol and we saw them drive armored personnel carriers into that base, fire shots in the area, a very aggressive stance there, Ukrainian Forces, despond ent, dejected. We have seen them over the past 24 hours really basically take the number ofships of the ukrainian navy. This evening, we understand the command ship that had been defiantly flying the ukrainian flag the past couple of day