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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Precisely. Substitute Texas trying to leave the union instead of the Ukraine What would our government do?
Cival war all over again? Doubt it !
SEIU Putin-style.
Muscovites call for invasion of Ukraine
Russia’s anti-Ukraine propaganda campaign goes into overdrive
Howard Amos in Moscow 6:55PM GMT 02 Mar 2014
Large protest marches calling for intervention in Ukraine took place on Sunday across Russia amid an increasingly strident propaganda campaign by Kremlin-controlled media aimed at boosting support for military action.
Thousands of people carrying Russian flags marched through Moscow shouting their solidarity with ethnic Russians in Ukraine and denouncing the new regime in Kiev. Many said they favored deploying the armed forces.
“It is very difficult for me to watch how fascists, terrorists and drug addicts are insulting the people of Ukraine” said Lidia, a consultant based in Moscow. “We must invade.”
The rally, which dispersed after little over an hour, bore all the hallmarks of attempts to boost numbers by paying protesters and busing in state-employees.
Do Broni!
We need Marshall Pilsudski, he’d be in Kiev by now.
Any one find a map of the drug routesthru Ukraine ?
That 0 would be interested in protecting
Hagel is on his way to Kiev if not already there....
Reminds me of an old joke. After Poland had established a ring of tanks around the pereimeter of the country someone had to tell them to replace the septic tanks with real army tanks.
Bad joke then and now
“POLANDS military mobilization. Columns towards Ukraine.”
UNCONFIRMED!
Komorowski: Poland ready to facilitate stabilization of situation in Crimea
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March 1, 2014, 2:55 p.m. | Ukraine — by Interfax-Ukraine
WSJ:
U.S. Tracks ‘Thousands More’ Troops Flowing into Ukraine
U.S. Official Adds No Sign of Violence Involving Russian Forces
The U.S. has tracked “thousands more” Russian troops flowing into Crimea to reinforce Russian positions there, a senior U.S. official said.
Reuters:
China sounds concerned, did not say Russia should leave Crimea.
CHINA DAILY: CHINA URGES POLITICAL SOLUTION IN UKRAINE
China has been urging all parties in Ukraine to address their domestic disputes peacefully in accordance with the country’s law.
Wow when China even makes more sense than the US, that’s saying something.
Budapest Memorandum?
Talk about a useless piece of paper.
Thinking the same. Even China gets it. 0 is so clueless!
Someone needs to tweet similar to FOX. Let them spread it
Exactly...but they will use it to get the U>S> and others involved...won’t work though.
“Hagel is on his way to Kiev if not already there....”
???
Do you mean Hague?
William Hague @WilliamJHague 1h
Arrived in Kyiv. Will be meeting leaders from across Ukrainian politics tonight
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