Top Ukraine security official says Kremlin behind Crimea events

Soldiers, who were wearing no identifying insignia and declined to say whether they were Russian or Ukrainian, patrol outside the Simferopol International Airport after a pro-Russian crowd had gathered on February 28, 2014 near Simferopol, Ukraine

Andriy Paruby, Ukraine's top security official, accused the Kremlin on Friday of commanding armed groups in rimea where two airports have been taken over by armed men.

"These are separate groups ... commanded by the Kremlin," Paruby, secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, told a televised briefing in Kiev.