said tomorrow ped him. >> nobody has overturned me. i was compelled to leave ukraine due to a direct threat of my life and my nearest and dearest. >> those cold war themes play out against an ominous back drop. our men in military uniforms sweep into two airports in crimea. frederick is live to tell us more. >>. >> reporter: it is unclear who the armed men are. they are wearing military uniforms but don't have any sort of insignia to indicate whether they are russian soldiers or not. so far, the kremlin is saying they have a lot of military bases in the part of the ukraine. they were not involved in the operations at the airports. they did say they have stepped