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But we were at another other base yesterday talking to a group of far more relaxed russian soldiers. they were lying on the grass outside a base. chatting to local girls and there's no question that they are russian and most of these troops are from the black sea fleet, based at sevastopol. the ukrainians are alleging there are 16,000 troops in crimea. many, many more have come in from outside. there is no question, however, that they are russian. so far apart from the warning shots, they haven't fired a shot. this isn this isn't hungary '56. they have done this in three days and here in great...
Invading the rest of ukraine in an effort to rest control from opposition forces that ousted a pro-russian president, viktor yanukovych 10 days ago. the interim prime minister said we're on the brink of disaster. nbc's bill nealy has more on russia's latest military maneuvers. >> reporter: they're exerting their control here without firing a shot. there are no tanks here. this isn't hungary '56 or czechoslovakia. their control almost complete. in the last hour or two, two pieces of news, russian fighter jets have flown over the black sea. ukraine says that's a violation of its airspace. the ru...
Now-occupied crimea region of ukraine. >> reporter: tamron, this remains an extraordinary and dangerous crisis, britton's foreign minister says it's the worst crisis in this century. europe's border is being redrawn by force and pressure on president obama and the west to do something. russian troops, meanwhile, have the ukrainian army pinned down. i've just come back from one of the biggest ukrainian military bases in crimea, where there are about 150 russian troops surrounding that base trying to take it. the ukrainian troops are still in there behind the gates. they've put their weapons dow...