烏克蘭：俄羅斯軍隊“封鎖”克里米亞機場

Ukraine's interior minister has accused Russian forces of staging a "military invasion and occupation" at two airports in Ukraine's Crimea region.

Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook page Friday that the armed men were blocking the Belbek airport in Sevastopol, where Russia has a naval base. Unidentified men were also patrolling the international airport in Simferopol, the Crimean capital.

Russia has not commented on the allegations, which come a day after gunmen had seized control of government buildings in Crimea, a Ukrainian region with strong ties to Moscow. The gunmen also raised the Russian flag.

Meanwhile ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich, who says he is under Russian protection, is expected to address the media on Friday in a news conference in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.

Late Thursday, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden telephoned Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to welcome the formation of a new government and pledge U.S. support as Ukraine undertakes reforms aimed at restoring the country's economic health. Ukraine's parliament approved Mr. Yatsenyuk, a popular, pro-Western opposition leader, as the head of the interim government earlier in the day.烏克蘭內務部長阿瓦科夫指責俄羅斯軍隊對克里米亞地區的兩個機場進行“軍事入侵和佔領”。

阿瓦科夫星期五在其臉書網頁上寫道，武裝人員封鎖了塞瓦斯托波爾的貝爾貝克機場。俄羅斯在塞瓦斯托波爾有一個海軍基地。身份不明的人員還在克里米亞首府辛菲羅波爾的國際機場巡邏。

俄羅斯沒有對這些指稱發表評論。一天前，武裝分子佔領了克里米亞的政府辦公地點。克里米亞是烏克蘭的一個地區，該地區與莫斯科關係緊密。武裝分子還升起俄羅斯國旗。

與此同時，預計被免職的烏克蘭總統亞努科維奇星期五將在俄羅斯南部城市頓河畔的羅斯托夫舉行的一次記者會上向媒體發表講話。亞努科維奇表示，他目前受到俄羅斯的保護。

星期四晚間，美國副總統拜登給烏克蘭總理亞採紐克打了電話，對烏克蘭組建新政府表示歡迎，並保證美國支持烏克蘭實行旨在恢復經濟的改革。

烏克蘭議會星期四批准得人心的親西方的反對派領袖亞採紐克出任新的臨時政府領導人。