SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) - An airbase commander who has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance in Crimea was released by Russian forces after being "illegally" detained, Ukraine's acting president said on Wednesday.
The freeing of Colonel Yuliy Mamchur, along with three fellow officers, follows Russia's takeover of the last military ship controlled by Ukraine in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula whose largely bloodless annexation Ukraine refuses to recognise.
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