Clashes broke out in Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula february 26 between supporters an opposition of change of power in the country.
Ukrainian protests reach south
Protests and clashes in Ukarine's Crimea
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Pro-Russian activists pray near the Crimean Parliament building in Simferopol
© EPA/ARTUR SHVARTS Ukrainian and Russian supporters clash during a protest near the Parliament building in Simferopol
© EPA/ARTUR SHVARTS Ukrainian policemen stand guard at the Parliament building in Simferopol
© EPA/ARTUR SHVARTS Crimean Tatar activists
© EPA/ARTUR SHVARTS Crimean Tatar activists
© ITAR-TASS/Alexei Pavlishak Ukrainian nationalist at the Parliament building in Simferopol
© EPA/ARTUR SHVARTS A man (R) holds a single Russian flag while Crimean Tatar activists wave their flags and shout slogans such as 'Crimea is not Russia, Glory to Ukraine'
© EPA/ARTUR SHVARTS Ukrainian and Russian supporters clash during a protest near the Parliament building in Simferopol, Crimea
© EPA/ARTUR SHVARTS People build a barrier on the Simferopol - Sevastopol road in Ukraine's Crimea
© EPA/ANTON PEDKO