Ukraine's defence minister loses job over Crimea

1,864 views · Published 25 March 2014 · 1:16 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics

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Ukraine's acting defence minister has lost his job over the Crimean crisis as the parliament voted to accept Ihor Tenyukh's resignation. He has been criticised for not doing enough to prevent the Russian takeover of Ukrainian military bases on the peninsula. Troops there have been told to abandon their bases and return to the mainland. Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer reports from Simferopol.

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