Clashes broke out in Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula february 26 between supporters an opposition of change of power in the country.
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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