CHONGAR, Ukraine (Reuters) - Cossack militia from Russia, disbanded Ukrainian riot police and other unidentified armed men stood guard on Sunday at a token border post on one of the two land links between Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula.
Home to mostly farmers and fishermen, Chongar has become a frontline in Crimea's militarisation against the threat the largely pro-Russian population feels from what many call western Ukrainian 'nationalists'.
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