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| MOSCOW — A Ukrainian military officer was shot and killed late Sunday night in an altercation with Russian soldiers near an air base in Crimea, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Monday. It was a rare instance of deadly violence as Ukrainian forces continue their withdrawal from the peninsula following its annexation by Russia. | MOSCOW — A Ukrainian military officer was shot and killed late Sunday night in an altercation with Russian soldiers near an air base in Crimea, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Monday. It was a rare instance of deadly violence as Ukrainian forces continue their withdrawal from the peninsula following its annexation by Russia. |
| The Ukrainian officer, Maj. Stanislav Karchevskiy, was killed in a military dormitory where he lived with his wife and two children, next to the Novofedorivka air base in western Crimea, said the spokesman, Vladislav Seleznev. | The Ukrainian officer, Maj. Stanislav Karchevskiy, was killed in a military dormitory where he lived with his wife and two children, next to the Novofedorivka air base in western Crimea, said the spokesman, Vladislav Seleznev. |
| Mr. Seleznev said that the Ukrainian soldier had been collecting his belongings in preparation to leave Crimea when an argument broke out with Russian service members, Reuters reported Monday. | |
| Mr. Seleznev said that the altercation involved several Ukrainian and Russian soldiers and that there were no other injuries. He said a Russian soldier armed with an automatic weapon entered the dormitory and shot Major Karchevskiy, who was unarmed. | Mr. Seleznev said that the altercation involved several Ukrainian and Russian soldiers and that there were no other injuries. He said a Russian soldier armed with an automatic weapon entered the dormitory and shot Major Karchevskiy, who was unarmed. |
| Ukraine’s provisional government in Kiev has ordered its forces to withdraw from Crimea, but an unknown number of military personnel remain on the peninsula as part of the transition, in which some military equipment is being returned to mainland Ukraine. | Ukraine’s provisional government in Kiev has ordered its forces to withdraw from Crimea, but an unknown number of military personnel remain on the peninsula as part of the transition, in which some military equipment is being returned to mainland Ukraine. |
| Mr. Seleznev said that a second Ukrainian officer, Capt. Artem Yarmolenko, was detained by Russian forces for questioning and possibly taken to Sevastopol, where the Russian military has its headquarters in Crimea. | Mr. Seleznev said that a second Ukrainian officer, Capt. Artem Yarmolenko, was detained by Russian forces for questioning and possibly taken to Sevastopol, where the Russian military has its headquarters in Crimea. |
| The shooting at Novofedorivka further heightened tensions as the government in Kiev and its Western supporters, including the United States, remain anxious about the possibility of a Russian military incursion into eastern Ukraine, where there has been continuing public unrest. | |
| On Sunday, in what appeared to be coordinated efforts, groups of pro-Russian demonstrators seized government buildings in several large cities in eastern Ukraine, including Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk. Similar actions have occurred in the largely Russian-speaking region, where some residents are demanding to follow Crimea in seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia. | |
| Ukrainian and Western leaders have said they fear the protests could be used as a pretext for Russian military action. Last month, the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian Parliament, granted President Vladimir V. Putin the authority to use military force if necessary to protect ethnic Russians in Ukraine. | Ukrainian and Western leaders have said they fear the protests could be used as a pretext for Russian military action. Last month, the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian Parliament, granted President Vladimir V. Putin the authority to use military force if necessary to protect ethnic Russians in Ukraine. |
| In Kiev on Monday morning, the acting prime minister, Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk, said Russia was carrying out a plan “to destabilize the situation, a plan to ensure that foreign troops could cross the border and capture the territory of the country.” He added, “We will not allow this.” | In Kiev on Monday morning, the acting prime minister, Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk, said Russia was carrying out a plan “to destabilize the situation, a plan to ensure that foreign troops could cross the border and capture the territory of the country.” He added, “We will not allow this.” |
| Speaking at the start of a government meeting, Mr. Yatsenyuk said, “There is a script being written in the Russian Federation, for which there is only one purpose: the dismemberment and destruction of Ukraine and the transformation of Ukraine into the territory of slavery under the dictates of Russia.” | Speaking at the start of a government meeting, Mr. Yatsenyuk said, “There is a script being written in the Russian Federation, for which there is only one purpose: the dismemberment and destruction of Ukraine and the transformation of Ukraine into the territory of slavery under the dictates of Russia.” |
| In Donetsk, where protesters have demanded greater independence from Kiev and called on Russian troops to protect them, demonstrators on Sunday broke through a police cordon and raised the Russian flag over government buildings in a repeat of protests that began early last month. | In Donetsk, where protesters have demanded greater independence from Kiev and called on Russian troops to protect them, demonstrators on Sunday broke through a police cordon and raised the Russian flag over government buildings in a repeat of protests that began early last month. |
| With tensions intensifying, former Prime Minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko, who is running for president in elections next month, said Monday that she would travel to the region. Ukraine’s acting president, Oleksandr V. Turchynov, said on Sunday evening that he had canceled an official visit to Lithuania so he could monitor the situation. | With tensions intensifying, former Prime Minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko, who is running for president in elections next month, said Monday that she would travel to the region. Ukraine’s acting president, Oleksandr V. Turchynov, said on Sunday evening that he had canceled an official visit to Lithuania so he could monitor the situation. |
| Arsen Avakov, Ukraine’s acting interior minister, said in a statement from Kharkiv on Monday that Mr. Putin was responsible for fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine. Mr. Avakov reported that the local police had expelled pro-Russian protesters from the regional administration headquarters there. | |
| Igor V. Dyomin, a spokesman for the Donetsk city police, said in a telephone interview that approximately 150 men still occupied the regional administration building there as well as the local headquarters of the Ukrainian Security Service, the successor to the Soviet-era K.G.B. The police were negotiating with the demonstrators, Mr. Dyomin said. | Igor V. Dyomin, a spokesman for the Donetsk city police, said in a telephone interview that approximately 150 men still occupied the regional administration building there as well as the local headquarters of the Ukrainian Security Service, the successor to the Soviet-era K.G.B. The police were negotiating with the demonstrators, Mr. Dyomin said. |
| In Luhansk, Ukrainian news agencies reported that several hundred protesters had occupied the local headquarters of the Ukrainian Security Service and were still there as of Monday morning. | In Luhansk, Ukrainian news agencies reported that several hundred protesters had occupied the local headquarters of the Ukrainian Security Service and were still there as of Monday morning. |