Ukrainian airmen, surrounded by "Russian Ghost army" soldiers sit on water bottles, to insulate themselves from the cold ground.

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These airmen had marched up to the flight line of their base at Belbek, and were stopped form moving after "Russian" troops fired several bursts of fire over their heads. They stayed there for several hours in defiance, and this was taken later in the day

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Belbek Air base, Crimea Ukraine
Photo credit: © Stephen Foote / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: air, airbase, airforce, airmen, annexation, base, belbek, conlict, crimea, men, pro-russian, protest, siege, ukraine