Two captured as Russian forces storm Crimean base

Ukrainian servicemen stand on guard at a checkpoint near the town of Armyansk in Kherson region adjacent to Crimea

Two servicemen have been taken captive after Russian forces stormed another Ukrainian military base on the Crimean Peninsula today, officials said.

Russian troops seized the marine base in the port of Feodosia, detaining up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen on site and taking two injured Ukrainians away by helicopter, Ukraine's Defence Ministry said.