A Ukrainian serviceman chats with a local resident as armed men believed to be Russian servicemen stand in front of the gates of a Ukrainian military unit in the village of Perevalnoye outside Simferopol on March 5. European Union leaders holding a crisis meeting on Ukraine on Thursday could impose sanctions on Russia if there has been no "de-escalation" by then, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko