Re: [politics] Russia demands surrender of Ukraine's Crimea forces

From: Michael Kulyk ([email protected])
Date: Mon Mar 03 2014 - 11:54:17 EST


crazy putin does what he wants and the west does nothing

china and the arabs are willing to pour $$ into ukraine
http://espreso.tv/new/2014/03/03/oleh_bakhmatyuk_navit_zaraz_kytay_i_arabski_fondy_hotovi_vkladaty_40_50_mlrd_v_ukrayinu

On Mar 3, 2014, at 8:44 AM, [email protected] wrote:

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> Russia demands surrender of Ukraine's Crimea forces
> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26424738
> 3 March 2014 Last updated at 11:30 ET
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> The Russian military has given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until 03:00 GMT to surrender or face an assault, Ukrainian defence sources have said.
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> The head of Russia's Black Sea Fleet Aleksander Vitko set the deadline and threatened an attack "across Crimea".
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> Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier said Russia was responding to "ultra-nationalist threats".
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> Western powers have condemned Moscow's decision to send troops as a "violation of Ukraine's sovereignty".
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> Russia is now said to be in de facto control of the Crimea region.
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> Ukraine has ordered full mobilisation to counter the intervention.
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> No shots have yet been fired in the region, which has a majority of Russian speakers and a largely pro-Russian local government.
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> The trouble began last month when pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted following months of street protests.
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> Russia claims its military is protecting human rights in Crimea, but Kiev, the US and Western Europe have condemned the actions.
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> Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said earlier that any attempt to seize Crimea would fail, urging allies to give economic and political support to his government.
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> In other developments:
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> US Vice-President Joe Biden reportedly urges Russia to back a plan to deploy international monitors to Ukraine
> The G7 pulls out of preparations for a G8 meeting scheduled for June in Russia, sparking an angry reaction from Moscow
> British Foreign Secretary William Hague says the turmoil in Ukraine is the "biggest crisis" Europe has faced in the 21st Century.
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