Don't have much on the initial report of an alleged assault on a Ukrainian military facility resulting in the death of a Ukrainian officer not yet identified. Locally, one pro-Russian militiaman was killed and two other wounded on Tuesday in a sniper attack report Novosty

A unit of pro-Russian self-defense forces came under sniper fire while searching for a group of unidentified gunmen on a tip from local residents, the Kryminform news agency said citing a Crimean police source . It is not good news as it shows there is an increased potential for a direct confrontation.