Sevastopol Air Base second in command Olieg Podapalov (R) faces with some of his men Ukranian pro-russian protesters demonstrating outside the base in Belbek, not far from Sevastopol on March 6, 2014. Ukraine's premier Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Thursday dubbed as illegitimate a request by the local parliament in Crimea to become part of Russia. AFP PHOTO/Filippo MONTEFORTE        (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)