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| Russia demands surrender of Ukraine's Crimea forces |
| 2014-03-03 |
| The Russian military has given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until 03:00 GMT to surrender or face an assault, Ukrainian defence sources have said. The head of Russia's Black Sea Fleet Aleksander Vitko set the deadline and threatened an attack "across Crimea". Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier said Russia was responding to "ultra-nationalist threats". Western powers have condemned Moscow's decision to send troops as a "violation of Ukraine's sovereignty". Russia is now said to be in de facto control of the Crimea region. Ukraine has ordered full mobilisation to counter the intervention. No shots have yet been fired in the region, which has a majority of Russian speakers and a largely pro-Russian local government. The trouble began last month when pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted following months of street protests. Russia claims its military is protecting human rights in Crimea, but Kiev, the US and Western Europe have condemned the actions. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
#9 keep in mind that this is the same Kerry that helped sell about 27 million (I think the last time I counted) people into serfdom to the Russian and Chinese mobs back in the 70's and he didn't even get anything material out of it. He got the undying support of the Democrat party out of it. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2014-03-03 22:09 |
| #8 For some reason this impresses me as relevant. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-03 15:20 |
| #7 Breaking: Obama Says Russia's Actions in Ukraine Violates International Law And he out to know---he's almost as big expert on International law as he's on American constitutional law. (Never suspected Vlad too has a pen and a phone, eh Mr President?) |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-03 15:04 |
| #6 Breaking: Obama Says Russia's Actions in Ukraine Violates International Law Master of the Obvious and |
| Posted by: Crarong Hatrack8773 2014-03-03 14:45 |
| #5 I was watching the live video feed of the last couple of days of the pro-western demonstrations. Every now and then I would see simple camera mounted drones appear, move up to the front lines, hover above the scene, change position, monitor the lines, then quickly disappear. The pro-Russian side was 19th century in their formations. The pro-western side was aggressive, well planned, and were monitoring their progress and the opposition with small drones. In an extended conflict, out numbered, but well planned and well monitored steps using such modern tools will win out. |
| Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-03 14:25 |
| #4 tu3031: keep in mind that this is the same Kerry that helped sell about 27 million (I think the last time I counted) people into serfdom to the Russian and Chinese mobs back in the 70's and he didn't even get anything material out of it. Kerry is competent enough that he can do the evil that he does and have you talking about what an incompetent pansy he is instead of what an evil person he is. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-03-03 14:13 |
| #3 Jawnny the Human Shield... He has no clue who he's playing with. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2014-03-03 13:12 |
| #2 Kerry assured the world this would not happen. He will be in Kiev he said tonight, with nothing to offer. |
| Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-03 12:58 |
| #1 This is how a shooting war starts. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-03-03 12:39 |