Images from the Crimean Peninsula
![Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, walk on the territory of the naval headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, March 19, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c2a0210f-8f62-440c-8ac4-e504c6196500_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, walk on the territory of the naval headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, March 19, 2014.
![A Ukrainian naval officer carries his belongings as he walks out of the territory of the naval headquarters, with armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, seen nearby, in Sevastopol, March 19, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6d050ff7-6c06-4ba9-b010-d2cb68fe30a4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian naval officer carries his belongings as he walks out of the territory of the naval headquarters, with armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, seen nearby, in Sevastopol, March 19, 2014.
![Members of Crimean self-defense units walk in formation while leaving the territory of the naval headquarters in Sevastopol, March 19, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c8ae5056-c8cd-400d-a252-952bc27b3463_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of Crimean self-defense units walk in formation while leaving the territory of the naval headquarters in Sevastopol, March 19, 2014.
![Workers put up a new sign reading "State Council of the Crimean Republic" at the parliament building in Simferopol, March 19, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/596213b2-dc89-494e-ba48-c725d282e435_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers put up a new sign reading "State Council of the Crimean Republic" at the parliament building in Simferopol, March 19, 2014.