Ukraine crisis: Full transcript of dramatic exchange between Russian and ...

The Ukrainians, holding the nation's flag and singing the national anthem, refused to be cowed and defiantly walked up to confront the Russians

Tense: Colonel Mamchor (right), commander of the Ukrainian garrison, speaks to Russian troops

This is the full transcript of the tense stand-off between Russian troops and Ukrainian soldiers at a disputed airbase in the Crimea on Tuesday.

The heated exchange at the Belbek airbase in Sevastopol started with gunfire as Russian troops fired at least three AK-47 rounds into the air to warn off the Ukrainian soldiers.

But the Ukrainians, holding the nation's flag and singing the national anthem, refused to be cowed and defiantly walked up to confront the Russian troops.

The sets of soldiers exchanged angry words while the Ukrainian commander Colonel Yuli Mamchor attempted to keep the peace and asked to speak to the Russian commander.

The stand-off lasted less then 10 minutes and ended in an awkward silence as both sides waited for the Russian commander to arrive.

The tension seemed to decrease later in the day and even took a bizarre twist as the Ukrainian soldiers reportedly ushered 'English speakers' off grass at the Belbek airfield and began kicking a tattered yellow leather football around.

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Full transcript:

Russian soldier: Hold back.

Russian soldier: I want your officer here. We'll be shooting your legs.

Ukrainian soldier: You will pay for this. You'll be responsible.

Ukrainian soldier: You're being filmed live.

Ukrainian soldier: America stands with us.

Ukrainian Colonel Yuli Mamchor: Calm down!

Ukrainian soldier: Are you going to shoot us?

Ukrainian soldier: Look, this is our flag, we're ready to fight.

Russian soldier: Commander, calm down your crowd.

Ukrainian soldier: This is not a crowd. This is a military unit.

Russian soldier: We're waiting for our commander.

Ukrainian Colonel Yuli Mamchor: Yes, bring him here, please.

Russian soldier: We will have negotiations. No questions.

Ukrainian Colonel Yuli Mamchor: Yes, negotiations.

Russian soldier: Stop the crowd and make them behave. Hold back.

Russian soldier: We are all military here.

Ukrainian soldier: And we are also citizens of our country.

Ukrainian Colonel Yuli Mamchor: But because of one certain politician we

are now at loggerheads. This is wrong.

Russian soldier: Are you deliberately provoking us?

Ukrainian soldier: How are we provoking you, we have no weapons?

Ukrainian soldier: We've come here to go back to work

Russian soldier: Let me repeat if you do not understand, it is not is

behind this. It is your leadership in Kiev who is behind this.

Ukrainian soldier: And you can't think for yourselves? You've got families

too.

Ukrainian Colonel Yuli Mamchor: Be quiet!

Ukrainian soldier: We haven't gone to your Russian towns like Anapa and

Sochi with weapons, like you have here.

Ukrainian soldier: Guys, what are you doing? We are completely unarmed.

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