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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That one picture of desert street that look so spooky
That very eye opener no wonder why Germans are not say jack about it
More activity ... Will watch and look for confirmation.
I hope it not fireworks LOL!
German foreign minister against excluding Russia from G8
Yes when you get 36% of your gas from Russia thru Ukraine you do what Putin asks.
Again the G7 have suspended their participation in the G8 Conference:
As such, we have decided for the time being to suspend our participation in activities associated with the preparation of the scheduled G-8 Summit in Sochi in June, until the environment comes back where the G-8 is able to have meaningful discussion.
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just now More on G7 statement
We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the President of the European Council and President of the European Commission, join together today to condemn the Russian Federation’s clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine in contravention of Russia’s obligations under the UN Charter and its 1997 basing agreement with Ukraine.
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a minute ago White House: G-7 Leaders Statement
we have decided for the time being to suspend our participation in activities associated with the preparation of the scheduled G-8 Summit in Sochi in June, until the environment comes back where the G-8 is able to have meaningful discussion.
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6 minutes ago The leaders of the G-7 nations released this statement condemning Russia’s “clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine” as a breach of international law - Source /u/Dont_LookAtMyName
Now they claim they look at isolate Russia from the world
Don’t forget about Turkey in whole Ukraine mess
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