SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s fugitive president resurfaced in Russia to deliver a defiant condemnation of a “bandit coup,” while Russian armored vehicles bearing the nation’s tricolor rumbled across Crimea and men described as Russian troops took position at airports and a coast guard base — ominous signs of Russia’s iron hand in Ukraine’s confrontation.
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