Kanalyuk said the 70 or so Ukrainian naval officers at the headquarters had tried to stop the armed men from entering and were negotiating with them. She said that the armed men had replaced Ukrainian flags with Russian ones but that no shots had been fired.
First mistake. Start with shooting when some foreign force is forcing its way onto your sovereign territory. I hope we can remember that.
Colonel, USAFR
“First mistake. Start with shooting”
Well, it seems the Ukrainian guys are not in suicidal mood. They didn’t have a bloody chance to escape alive, if they started shooting.