A tank belonging to the Russian forces remains at a check-point set up by Russian forces on a road near the small Ukrainian city of Armyansk on the Crimean peninsula, on March 5, 2014. Russian forces seized partial control of two Ukrainian missile bases in Crimea today as Western and Russian leaders stepped up efforts to defuse the region's worst crisis since the Cold War. AFP PHOTO / ALEXEY KRAVTSOV

A Cossack allied with Russian forces holds a Kalashnikov machine-gun as he stands guard at a check-point set up by Russian forces on a road near the small Ukrainian city of Armyansk on the Crimean peninsula, on March 5, 2014. Russian forces seized partial control of two Ukrainian missile bases in Crimea today as Western and Russian leaders stepped up efforts to defuse the region's worst crisis since the Cold War. AFP PHOTO / ALEXEY KRAVTSOV

Russian forces stand guard at a check-point set up by Russian forces on a road near the small Ukrainian city of Armyansk on the Crimean peninsula, on March 5, 2014. Russian forces seized partial control of two Ukrainian missile bases in Crimea today as Western and Russian leaders stepped up efforts to defuse the region's worst crisis since the Cold War. AFP PHOTO / ALEXEY KRAVTSOV

A tank belonging to the Russian forces remains at a check-point set up by Russian forces on a road near the small Ukrainian city of Armyansk on the Crimean peninsula, on March 5, 2014. Russian forces seized partial control of two Ukrainian missile bases in Crimea today as Western and Russian leaders stepped up efforts to defuse the region's worst crisis since the Cold War. AFP PHOTO / ALEXEY KRAVTSOV

Armed masked men who called themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force patrol at a checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The sign on the bar reads: 'Fascism Shall Not Pass!' The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who called themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force and and local militiamen patrol at a checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The sign on the bar reads: 'Fascism Shall Not Pass!' The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who called themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force and local militiamen check vehicles at a checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, 150 km north of Simferopol, on February 28, 2014. The sign on the bar reads: 'Fascism Shall Not Pass!' The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

An armed masked man wearing shoulder sleeve insignia of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force speaks with a driver at a checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, 150 km north of Simferopol, on February 28, 2014. The sign on the bar reads: 'Fascism Shall Not Pass!' The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Masked men who called themselves members of local militia rest at their checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Men who called themselves members of local militia stand at their checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who called themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force and local militiamen check vehicles at their checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The sign on the bar reads: 'Fascism Shall Not Pass!' The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force and local militiamen check vehicles at their checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The sign on the bar reads: 'Fascism Shall Not Pass!' The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force and local militiamen speak with a driver at their checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The sign on the bar reads: 'Fascism Shall Not Pass!' The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force and local militiamen speak with a driver at their checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The sign on the bar reads: 'Fascism Shall Not Pass!' The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force and local militiamen speak with a driver at their checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The sign on the bar reads: 'Fascism Shall Not Pass!' The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force and local militiamen search a driver near his van at their checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force sit at their checkpoint under a Russian flag on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The officer's shoulder sleeve insignia reads: 'Berkut.' The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force check driver's documents at their checkpoint under a Russian flag on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014.The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force check driver's documents at their checkpoint under a Russian Navy's flag on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The shoulder sleeve insignia of an officer (R) reads: 'Berkut.' The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force stand at their checkpoint under a Russian flag on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force stand at their checkpoint under a Russian national (L) and Russian naval (R) flags on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

One of the armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force aims his Klashnikov rifle at a checkpoint under a Russian national (L) and Russian naval (R) flags on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Masked men who called themselves members of local militia rest at their checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

One of the men who called themselves members of local militia used a road spike barrier to block a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine at their checkpoint near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

One of the men who called themselves members of local militia used makeshift road spike barriers to block a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine at their checkpoint near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

One of the men who called themselves members of local militia carries a makeshift road spike barrier to block a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine at their checkpoint near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Hooded men who call themselves members of local militia search a vehicle at their checkpoint on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014, with an armed masked man (R) guarding the search. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

TOPSHOTS One of the armed masked men who call themselves members of Ukraine's disbanded elite Berkut riot police force aims his Klashnikov rifle at a checkpoint under a Russian national (L) and Russian naval (R) flags on a highway that connect Black Sea Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine near the city of Armyansk, on February 28, 2014. The spiralling tensions in a nation torn between the West and Russia took today a severe new turn when Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russian soldiers and local pro-Kremlin militia of staging raids on Crimea's main airport and another base on the southwest of the peninsula where pro-Moscow sentiments run high. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV