Posted on 03/01/2014 7:10:27 AM PST by maggief
Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) -- [Breaking News Update, 10:02 a.m. ET] (CNN) -- Russia's upper house of parliament voted Saturday to approve the use of military force in Ukraine. The vote was unanimous.
[Original Story, published 9:23 a.m. ET]
(CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the upper house of parliament for approval to send Russian troops into Ukraine's Crimea region to normalize the political situation there, the Kremlin said Saturday.
Due to the "extraordinary situation in Ukraine," Putin said, there are threats to the lives of Russian citizens and Russian military personnel based in the southern Crimean region.
It comes on the same day that the new pro-Russian leader of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, asked Putin for help in maintaining peace in the Black Sea peninsula -- where Russia has a major naval base at Sevastopol.
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Very interesting, also it is hard to be 100% sure but those look like ak74 with long clips, issued only to Russian special forces.
It appears we now know why they are supporting Putin see Caww’s post above the white banded motivators.
Least nice Russia soldier is nice to grandma caw helping out her cross the streets
WHOA that didn’t take long
Move along Cameraman nothing to see here YEAH YOU LOL!
Might be Eastern Ukraine will split to Russia after all...but I still say Putin would prefer stability there over war...he'll do some conceding after he takes a good portion...then it will look like he negotiated heroically...but in the end get exactly what he sought to begin with.
76th Chernihov (Pskov) Storm Troops Division
Russian airborne. Same unit from Pskov that was involved in the Vilnius massacre in 1991. Goosestepping dirt bags.
Course not..It’s Putin on the move. Me thinks he had a good cover with the Sochi Olympics....while preparing for what we see happening now. But then it had to come to this...somebody has to stabilize Ukraine and it sure isn’t going to be the US or Europe. The new government, (temporary) has little clout or experience and certainly not the military force to keep “outsiders” from swarming in as they did in Syria and Egypt and every other country there.
Putin simply is not going to let that happen to his ports..period. Those are vital to his country....
Yeah that I thinking earlier Vlady may have send troops near Ukraine border after Olympics he couldn’t do that time stupid Bob Costra drive him crazy about invasion of Ukraine during Olympics
trust me Bobby would running out of Russia so was NBC Sport metrosexual complaining Vlady acting like out of control Raider fan or Eagles fan throw stuff at him in broadcast
Trust me I am Raider fan I wouldn’t throw cold hard beer at that guy waste of money LOL!
LOL....you funny Raiders fan!
One thing they can’t say about this Raider fan she is bright and funny LOL!
Are they praying???
Sweet if they are
Am trying to remember my Russian history.
When Modest Mussorsky composed Pictures at an Exhibition containing “The Great Gate of Kiev” in about 1870 , Kiev was indeed considered part of the Russian motherland. I believe the natural boundaries were altered after one of the world wars. Possibly with the communist take over or the need to have a western access to the oceans
Regardless there are some people whose ancestors have been Russian for generations and are going to consider themselves Russian and want to continue the Russian rule
It’s the ukraine who may never have felt a part or under appreciated that seems to be rebelling. Unless there has been no mixed marriages in a couple hundred years, I’d say the difference between the two groups are blurry at best. May be nothing more than poor leadership at the local levels
Little night music:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JwrqAipON2w
You totally crack me up!
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