AP PHOTOS: Soldiers take over base in Crimea

Several hundred Russian-speaking militiamen wearing uniforms with no identifying insignia met no resistance Wednesday as they took over the Ukrainian Navy's headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea. Russia incorporated the strategic Crimean peninsula earlier this week.

Here are some images from the takeover of the base.

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