The Archive · 1940

Russians March Into Bessarabia

Soviet Demands Accepted by Rumania After ication; Invaders Cross Border Bucharest, June 28. ITH Soviet planes flying overhead, Russian motor ized troops crossed the frontier and occupied three strategic towns in Bessarabia and north Bukovina this afternoon after the Rumanian Government had accepted an ultimatum for the cessation of the two important provinces.

Soviet planes landed at Czernovitz (Cernauti), capital of Bukovina, Kishinev, in Bessarabia, and the old port fortress of Akkerman which faces the Black Sea.

The officers who landed from the planes presented the Ruma military authorities with maps showing the new boundaries of Russia and Rumania, including the demanded Rumanian territories incorporated in Russia.

Russian motorized troops then started to cross the border and pour into the three strategic points.

Rumania agreed to the occupation fof the three towns at 2 p.m.

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