SIMFEROPOL, March 26. /ITAR-TASS/. More than 15,000 servicemen from Ukrainian military units, formations and organisations previously deployed in the Russian Republic of Crimea said they wanted to continue military service in Russian law enforcement agencies, Crimean government told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.

“As of March 26, Russian national flags were hoisted at all 193 military formations and organisations of Ukrainian Armed Forces deployed in the Russian Republic of Crimea,” Chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff General Valery Gerasimov said earlier on Wednesday.

“More than 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers and officers who served in Ukrainian Armed Forces on the peninsula said they want to continue military service in Russian army and other law enforcement agencies in the country,” a source in Crimean government said.