A Ukrainian soldier tries to persuade
Russian troops to move away from a Ukrainian military base in Balaklava,
Crimea on Saturday. Photograph: Anton Pedko/EPA
Ukraine has asked NATO to look at all ways to protect
its territorial integrity. Foreign Minister Sergei Deshchiritsya said he had held talks with officials from the United
States and the European Union and then asked NATO for help after what
Ukraine’s prime minister described as Russian aggression.
A request had been made to NATO to “look at using all possibilities
for protecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, the
Ukrainian people and nuclear facilities on Ukrainian territory,” he
said.
Reuters
This is the clearest graph I could find that shows the reliance of
European countries on Russian gas. It is probably out of date. UK’s
production of natural gas has fallen and Russia now supplies one-third
of European gas, compared to one-half about ten years ago. Also Qatar
has become a major exporter of gas to Europe. Graph of origins of European gas supply Photograph: Unknown
Reuters report that President Barack Obama’s national security team met on Saturday for an
update on the situation in Ukraine and to discuss potential policy
options.
The meeting came as Ukraine asked the United States and other key
members of the U.N. Security Council to help safeguard its territorial
integrity after Russia announced plans to send armed forces into Crimea.
While in New York...
Inside UNSC meeting on #Ukraine, US, UK & France push for open meeting, #Russia wants it closed; procedural banter - diplomats tell @reuters
— louis charbonneau (@lou_reuters) March 1, 2014
UN Security Council may hold rare procedural vote on whether to hold an open or closed meeting on #Ukraine - diplomat tells @Reuters
— louis charbonneau (@lou_reuters) March 1, 2014
Two Russian warships have been spotted near Sevastopol, according to Reuters.
A public statement by Putin supporting Ukraine’s territorial integrity and opposing any moves by Crimea to secede.
A public commitment by Turchinov and the new provisional Ukrainian government to resolve all disputes in Ukraine peacefully.
Moscow’s recognition of the new provisional government in Ukraine
after it is formed and confirmed by the parliament, the return of the
Russian ambassador to Ukraine, and the resumption of official dialogue
between Moscow and Kyiv.
Suspension of the implementation of the Ukrainian parliament’s
decision to repeal the language law, which has fomented greater tensions
in the country than it has helped fight separatism.
Informal suspension by the Ukrainian authorities of the threat to
prosecute citizens for separatism (Citizens should, of course, be held
accountable for their actions, but it is doubtful that the investigative
organs are able to act impartially and carefully during a period of
revolutionary turmoil.).
A resolution by the Ukrainian parliament confirming the nonaligned status of Ukraine, which was enshrined in law in 2010.
A reciprocal moratorium by Moscow on provocative steps like the
possible distribution of Russian passports in Crimea or military
movements by Black Sea Fleet units outside their base.
Re-establishment of a human rights monitoring mission in Crimea led
by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that would
pick up where a previous effort that ended in 1999 left off.
NATO meeting
NATO will now meet at the behest of Latvia and Lithuania. Latvia’s
population is almost 30% Russian, rising to more than 40 per cent in
the capital Riga. Lithuania’s Russian minority is around 6%.
Latvia+Lithuania have invoked NATO art. 4 in response to #crimea NATO now obliged to hold emerg council meeting. Only 4th time in history
— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 1, 2014
Updated
Tymoshenko calls for restraint and diplomacy
Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister who was freed one week
ago, has called for Ukrainians to remain calm in the face of provocation
and avoid falling into the trap that Georgia did in 2008. She said that
the Ukraine must engage with the UN and EU.
Russia
has just committed another act of intimidation against Ukraine. Thus
Russia wants to kill the independence of Ukraine, to get us to
surrender. We are a peaceful people , we are a peaceful country but if
we accept
the ultimatum now from Russia - we lose our country.
I
propose to act, but to keep calm and not fully react against Russian
aggression and not to act according to their plans, exacerbating the situation.
They want a war scenario like Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia.
Ukraine must now become a gathering place for the entire democratic world.
We must make sure that when Russia will meet in Ukraine to shoot ,
then she should know that at this moment it will shoot the entire
democratic world , which at that time will be in Ukraine.
I ask all Ukrainians to unite in this
difficult time . Our main weapon is complete peace of mind . We will all work
at the diplomatic level and win.
Unian
Updated
Army on alert
Ukraine’s acting president has said that Russia has no justification
for its aggression and has ordered the army to be put on “combat
alert”. The prime minister of Ukraine has said that Russian forces must
return to their bases in Crimea and any further military intervention by
Moscow will result in war.
The diplomatic interventions are coming fast. The first two snaps
from Reuters are from Nato’s secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
and the last three are from Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy
representative.
URGENT NEED FOR DE-ESCALATION IN UKRAINE’S CRIMEA; NATO ALLIES CONTINUE TO COORDINATE CLOSELY - RASMUSSEN
RUSSIA MUST RESPECT UKRAINE’S SOVEREIGNTY, INCLUDING WITH REGARD TO MOVEMENT OF RUSSIAN FORCES IN UKRAINE
EU’S ASHTON SAYS DECISION TO USE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES IN UKRAINE IS UNWARRANTED ESCALATION OF TENSIONS
EU’S ASHTON CALLS ON RUSSIA NOT TO DISPATCH TROOPS BUT TO PROMOTE ITS VIEWS THROUGH PEACEFUL MEANS
EU’S ASHTON SAYS UNITY, SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF UKRAINE MUST BE RESPECTED BY ALL SIDES
A leader of the Ukrainian radical group Pravy Sektor (Right Sector),
Dmitry Yarosh, has called on Russia’s most wanted terrorist Doku Umarov
to act against Russia in an address posted on Right Sector’s page in
VKontakte social network.
The statement points out that “many Ukrainians with arms in
the hands” supported Chechen militants in their fight
against Russians and “it is time to support Ukraine
now.”
The message, signed “leader of Right Sector Dmitry
Yarosh” then calls on Umarov “to activate his
fight” and “take a unique chance to win” over
Russia.
Updated
Palin was right
And again from the right. Sarah Palin feels vindicated as she posts on Facebook.
Yes,
I could see this one from Alaska. I’m usually not one to Told-Ya-So,
but I did, despite my accurate prediction being derided as “an extremely
far-fetched scenario” by the “high-brow” Foreign Policy magazine.
Here’s what this “stupid” “insipid woman” predicted back in 2008: “After
the Russian Army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama’s
reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence, the kind of
response that would only encourage Russia’s Putin to invade Ukraine
next.”
Updated
Some opinions from the right of the political spectrum
Looks like Crimea is being annexed by Russia. And, for Ukraine, it is unlikely to end there.
— Andrew Neil (@afneil) March 1, 2014
The US defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, spoke on Saturday with his
Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, a US official told Reuters. Asked
about rumours that some US military units had been on alert over turmoil
in the Crimean peninsula, the official said the US focus was on
diplomatic options.
Updated
There are many mentions of the Charge of the Light Brigade which
took place in 1854 during the Crimean War. Less well remembered is the
Thin Red Line, when the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders dispersed a
Russian cavalry charge at Balaclava. You can read about both in George
McDonald Fraser’s Flashman at the Charge or the latter here.
Updated
Here’s an interesting graphic on the statistics of Ukraine and Russia.
According to the BBC, Refat Chubarov, the head of the Crimean
Tatar Majlis (assembly) says he is calling on Tatars to stay at home and
not form resistance units. “Literally hours remain until catastrophe,”
he said to the Gazprom-owned Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy. Tatars make up about 12 percent of Crimea’s population and
have sided with the anti-Yanukovych protesters - now government - in
Kiev.
Updated
After a day of escalating rhetoric and activity, a Kremlin spokesman
says that Russia hopes there will be no further escalation and that
Putin has not yet decided if he will send troops into Ukraine, Reuters
reports.
Hague summons Russian ambassador
William Hague, the foreign secretary, has said that Russian action
in Ukraine is grave threat to sovereignty, independence and territorial
integrity of Ukraine.
He has also summoned the Russian ambassador to express his grave concerns.
Updated
This a great photograph from Kharkiv but the crowds in the square below do not look immense for a city of 1.5 million.
Updated
One of the nationalist groups that were part of the demonstrations
against former president Viktor Yanukovych has called on its members to
mobilise and arm themselves.
According to Ukrainian Pravda, Sector Right called on all its units to mobilise.
This is their statement:
Being aware of all the dangers that are looming over the Ukrainian
state, the headquarters of the Right Sector order all its units to mobilise and arm, and depending on the specific
situation to coordinate with the armed forces.
We remind all citizens of Ukraine regardless of nationality (including
Russians ) that our struggle is anti-imperial , not Russophobe. Russian
empire will be destroyed. Urge Resistance Movement Caucasus and all
liberation movements in Russia to step up their activities.
Updated
Emergency UN security council meeting
The UN security council will hold an urgent meeting on the crisis in
Ukraine on Saturday after Russia announced plans to send armed forces
into the autonomous Crimea region of the former Soviet republic.
A
diplomat from Luxembourg, president of the 15-nation council this
month, said the meeting would take place at 2pm EST (7pm GMT) and was
being convened at the request of Britain.
Reuters
Updated
Putin’s desire to re-build the Soviet Union as a colonial power were
seen as rhetoric until now, argues his biographer Masha Gessen. Now
they realise he is serious and this will mean Russian aggression abroad
and repression at home.
Read her Observer piece here.
Presidential candidate calls for mobilisation
Vitali Klitschko called on Saturday for a “general mobilisation”
following the Russian parliament’s decision to approve deploying troops
in Ukraine’s Crimea region.
“Klitschko calls for a declaration on a general mobilisation,” his party Udar (Punch) said in a statement.
Klitschko plans to run for election for president on 25 May.
Updated
Further to the image of a bloodied protester in Kharkiv.
The federal council has now asked Putin to withdraw the Russian
ambassador to the United States while other government figures use
calmer rhetoric, stating the proposal to use Russian troops may not be
used immediately.
Russia Today reports that 97 people have been injured in clashes between anti- and pro-Maidan demonstrators in Kharkov, citing Itar-Tass news agency.
Some of the latest images to arrive from Ukraine
An officer of the former Ukrainian riot
police 'Bercut' shows his new Russian passport at Russian Consulate in
Simferopol on Saturday. Photograph: ARTUR SHVARTS/EPAA wounded pro-Western activist sits after
clashes with pro-Russia activists at the local administration building
in the northeastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday. Photograph: Olga
Ivashchenko/APA Ukrainian soldier asks Russian soldiers to
go move away from a Ukrainian military base in Balaklava, Crimea on
Saturday. Photograph: ANTON PEDKO/EPA
The federation council has now approved Putin’s request to use armed force in Ukraine.
CNN are showing images of Russian tanks on the move in Crimea. CNN broadcast images of Russian tanks on the move in Sevastopol Photograph: /CNN
Shaun Walker is listening to the debate
You spend years trying to
dissuade people to talk in Cold War stereotypes and then you watch a
parliament session like this. No words.
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) March 1, 2014
Reuters have reported that Ukraine’s acting president has called an emergency meeting of security chiefs on Saturday. Oleksander
Turchinov summoned his Security Council after Russian President
Vladimir Putin sought parliamentary approval to deploy Russian forces in
the Ukrainian region of Crimea.
According to Russia Today, the international affairs committee of the upper house, the federation council has
recommended senators approve deploying Russian troops to Ukraine.
The Russian upper house has not yet voted on Putin’s proposal although all the speeches made so far are supportive.
The upper house of the Russian parliament unanimously approved
President Putin’s request to use armed forces in defence of Russians and
Russian interests, anywhere in the territory of Ukraine.
Summary
Putin ask for right to use armed forces in Ukraine.
Ukrainians accuse Russia of refusing dialogue.
European foreign ministers urge Russia to respect sovereignty of Ukraine and help reduce tension.
Pro-Russian demonstrations take place in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Odessa and other towns.
Reports of Russian troops attempting to take Ukrainian bases in Crimea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the upper house of
parliament to approve sending armed forces to Ukraine’s Crimea region,
the Kremlin said in a statement on Saturday. “In connection with the
extraordinary situation in Ukraine, the threat to the lives of citizens
of the Russian Federation, our compatriots, and the personnel of the
armed forces of the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territory (in the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea) ... I submit a proposal on using the
armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine until
the normalisation of the socio-political situation in the that
country,” the statement said.
Reuters
Pictures suggest Russian army moving into Crimean city of Balaclava
where there have been reports of Russian troops trying to take a naval
base.
According to Interfax, there was also a pro-Russian demonstration in
Odessa with between 5,000 to 20,000 participants, some armed with
clubs.
Ukraine has accused Russia of refusing to hold talks with Ukraine.
Ukraine had asked for consultations with Moscow after accusing it of
deploying its military in the Crimea region, according to Reuters. “We are very worried about today’s information that Russia has refused to take part,” said foreign minister Andrij Deshchitsya.
Football club ban
Ukrainian Pravda report that Ukrainian football clubs could be
banned from international competitions after the Ukrainian Football
Union was taken over by a militia, believed to be connected to Dynamo
Kiev.
Political organisations are banned from interfering with the affairs of football according to Fifa and Uefa regulations.
Updated
Unian news agency report dozens of injuries
in Kharkiv after a car drove into “Euromaidan” demonstrators who were
opposing pro-Russian demonstrators outside the parliament.
It’s difficult to gauge what has happened in Kharhiv and Donestsk.
Some commentators have posted scenes of an empty square in Donetsk,
suggesting the demonstrators were only paid for short time.
Reuters and other agencies reporting
UKRAINE’S ACTING PRESIDENT SIGNS DECREE RULING THAT APPOINTMENT OF PRO-RUSSIA PREMIER IN CRIMEA IS ILLEGAL
Crimean police have rejected the claim made by the Russian foreign ministry in Russia Today that
troops sent by Kiev tried to capture the interior ministry in
Semferopol. According to Unian news agency, there was no shooting or
clashes of any kind nor any attempt to blockade the building.
Updated
Reuters report that Ukraine is unlikely to receive financial
assistance from the International Monetary Fund before April according
to Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksander Shlapak.
Ukraine, which
faces a further $6 billion in foreign debt payments this year, has asked
the IMF for financial assistance of at least $15 billion. An IMF team
is expected in Kiev next week.
People now storming into Kharkov provincial government building. One of most pro-Russian eastern provinces
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 1, 2014
According to various Russian and Ukrainian reports, the crisis is
spreading from Crimea to other parts of the Ukraine. There are reports
that pro-Russian demonstrators in Donestsk and Kharkiv have attempted to
take parliament buildings.
Raid on naval base
Kiev-based Unian report some more worrying developments.
The
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said that about 300 soldiers are
trying to capture a Sevastopol naval bases. Ukrainian ships have ordered
to sea.
It is not clear if weapons are being fired or if there are any injuries.
Updated
Diplomatic activity
Following the statement of Fabius, the German and British foreign ministers have weighed in.
German
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned on Saturday that
developments in Ukraine over the past few hours were dangerous and urged
Russia to explain its intentions regarding its troops in the Crimea
region.
“The situation in Crimea in particular has become
considerably more acute. Whoever pours more oil onto the flames now,
with words or actions, is consciously aiming for further escalation of
the situation. Everything Russia does in Crimea must be in keeping with
the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and treaties on
Russia’s Black Sea fleet. We are holding the Russian government to its
public statements on this. And this entails also that Russia provides
without delay complete transparency over the movements of its troops in
Crimea, as well as its goals and intentions behind these.”
William
Hague, the British foreign secretary, has spoken to Sergei Lavrov, his
Russian counterpart and urged Russia to respect Ukrainian sovereignty
and help de-escalate the situation.
Updated
Some images from Ukraine today. Life goes on. A newly married couple kiss
under the statue of Lenin in Simferopol on Saturday. Photograph: DAVID
MDZINARISHVILI/REUTERSDemonstrators in Independence Square in Kiev
hold placards, "Crimea is Ukraine" during a rally on Saturday.
Photograph: LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images
Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, has said it is
concerned about the reports of troop movements and urged all sides in
Crimea to refrain from acts that could increase tension.
In spite of the claims of normality, Kiev’s Unian agency report that
armed have taken over the council of trade unions in Simferopol which
is close to the government building.
Pravda reports that the speaker of the supreme council of Crimea
Vladimir Konstantinov has said that the situation in Crimea will be
normalised and guards will leave the boundaries of the parliament.
Konstantinov said that barricades will be dismantled and he intended to address issues such as the economy, wages and pensions.
In Moscow, Reuters reports that the Duma, has asked President
Vladimir Putin to take measures to stabilise the situation in Ukraine’s
Crimea.
Sergei Naryshkin, the speaker of the Duma, said “The Duma
Council adopted an appeal to the president of Russia, in which
parliamentarians are calling on the president to take measures to
stabilise the situation in Crimea and use all available means to protect
the people of Crimea from tyranny and violence.”
I have just spoken to Harriet Salem, our correspondent in Simferopol
in Crimea, who is currently in a local McDonalds availing herself of
the free wi-fi.
I have just
travelled from Sevastopol to Simferopol. There was little sign of
tension. Mostly people are just going about their business. There were
blockades outside of Sevastopol manned by armed civilians with
motorbikes parked nearby but there was no problem passing through.
Ukraine to lose Russian gas discount
Here’s more from Reuters on Gazprom.
Ukraine
may lose a discount to the gas price it now pays to Russia’s state gas
company Gazprom due to Kiev’s outstanding gas debt, Gazprom spokesman
Sergei Kupriyanov told Reuters on Saturday. In December, Russia
agreed to reduce gas prices for Kiev by about a third, to $268.50 per
1,000 cubic metres from around $400 which Ukraine had paid since 2009,
after ousted President Viktor Yanukovich spurned an EU trade deal in
favour of closer ties to Moscow. Kupriyanov said Ukraine’s outstanding gas debt stood at $1.55 billion for 2013 and gas deliveries so far this year. “It
seems that with such gas payments and fulfilment of its obligations
Ukraine may not keep its current gas discount. The gas discount
agreement assumed full and timely payment,” he said. The deal allowed for the price to be revised quarterly between the 5th and 10th day of the first month every quarter.
Updated
AFP report that the referendum in Crimea has been brought forward to March 30 by the regional parliament.
#BREAKING: Crimea brings forward referendum on region's status to March 30
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) March 1, 2014
The report continues that to say that 15 soldiers arrived at the
military base and took over the checkpoint. They are now trying to get
access to the command post.
This is what Ukrainian news agency Unian are reporting:
In Yalta Russian military is trying to capture the anti-missile part of the APU - source
There are now reports from Interfax that Russian forces are trying to take a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile base in Crimea.
A spokesman for Gazprom has said that Ukraine could lose its
discount for gas supplies because of its outstanding debts, according to
Reuters. Oil and gas diplomacy could be a potent weapon for both buyers
and sellers.
The Telegraph’s Roland Oliphant has spoken to the mystery troops who
say they are members of the Russian 810 brigade, based in Sevastopol.
Finally got some mystery
camo guys to identify themselves. Russian 810 marine brigade out of
Sevastopol. "We're just here to help."
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) March 1, 2014
Reuters snapping a report from Interfax which confirms Russian troops are guarding Crimean buildings.
PRO-RUSSIA
PREMIER OF UKRAINE’S CRIMEA REGION SAYS RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET
SERVICEMEN ARE GUARDING SOME IMPORTANT BUILDINGS IN CRIMEA - INTERFAX
This is an interesting article in the Washington Post about how Russia‘s ability to use natural gas supplies to Ukraine as a weapon, as it has done in the past, has been reduced by other developments.
But
the author does not mention that Russian’s gas reserves are also its
vulnerability. More than 60 per cent of Russian government revenues come
from oil and gas. If the the EU stopped using Russian gas, it could
cause immense problems for Russia. It would also cause big problems in
Europe, but these would be of a different magnitude heading into spring
as opposed to heading into winter.
Russia repeatedly confirmed it does not doubt Crimea is a part
of Ukraine, even though it understands the emotions of the
residents of the region. This week Russian MPs initiated a bill
that will allow Russian citizenship within six month if the
applicant successfully proves his or her Russian ethnicity. It is
prepared especially to save Russian-speaking Ukrainians from
possible infringement of their rights.
According to ITN’s James Mates, Russian troops are clearly patrolling Crimean cities.
Russian troops have taken over policing duties throughout Simferopol's main administrative district. Occupation now in the open #crimea
— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 1, 2014
A Ukrainian journalist reports the anger in Ukraine at the prospect of Crimea’s secession.
In case of Crimea secession, Ukrainians will not forgive it to new @Yastenyuk_AP govt, ppl on the streets/social media enraged already
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 1, 2014
Updated
Ha’aretz have carried an interview with an ex-Israeli soldier
who led one of the militias on the Maidan. He gives his opinions about
the existence of anti-semitisim among the Ukrainian protesters.
Flights are avoiding airspace near the Crimea. This tweet was from last night but it looks the same now although there are now few aircarft in Ukrainian airspace at all.
AP have filed this report from Donetsk in the east of Ukraine where
pro-Russian sympathies are strong about the differences between western
and eastern Ukrainians.
For AP the contrast can be explained by looking at the cities of Donetsk
and Lviv. “The eastern city of Donetsk can seem like a cliche of
post-Soviet grimness, a place of Stalinist-era apartment blocks,
tin-roofed shacks and loyalty to Russia. In the west, Lviv has emerged
as a center for Ukrainian artists and writers, a huge draw for European
tourists and a city desperate for closer ties to the West.”
“I
have always felt that we are so different,” said a miner who gave his
name only as Nikolai, a thickset 35-year-old who went from high school
directly into the mines. People speak Russian across most of Ukraine’s
east, and worship in onion-domed Orthodox churches. They were shaped by
70 years of Soviet rule and its celebration of socialist
industrialization, and by the Russian empire before that. To them, the
government is now being run by outsiders who care little for this side
of the country. “If they try to pressure us, our region will revolt.” “We
are simply different people from those living in the East,” said
Ludmila Petrova, a university student in Lviv, a hotbed of support for
Ukraine’s pro-democracy forces and opposition to Yanukovych. “They don’t
know what the West is. We have a different history. Maybe it is better
that we separate once and for all.” “The country is already
separated,” said Ivan Reyko, a 30-year-old factory worker from Donetsk
who joined a recent demonstration of about 100 people in the city’s main
plaza, Lenin Square, where a 30-foot-tall statue of the Soviet hero
gazes proudly toward the horizon. “There is no way back to a united
Ukraine.”
Unknown armed men from Kiev have tried to seize the Crimean Interior
Ministry overnight, and there were several injuries in that attack,
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“Thanks to the decisive action of self-defense squads, the
attempt to seize the building of the Interior Ministry was
derailed. This attempt confirms the intention of prominent
political circles in Kiev to destabilize the situation on the
peninsula,” the statement added.
Moscow is very concerned with the latest developments in Crimea
and thinks any further escalation would be irresponsible, the
ministry added.
Crimeans began protesting after the new self-proclaimed
government in Kiev introduced a law abolishing the use of other languages in
official circumstances in Ukraine. More than half the Crimean
population are Russian and use only this language for their
communication. The residents have announced they are going to
hold a referendum on March 30 to determine the fate
of the Ukrainian autonomous region.
Updated
Kiev Post reports that communications between Crimea and the rest of Ukraine have been cut.
The Russian foreign ministry have also accused Kiev of escalating
the situation in Crimea by attempting to kidnap the Crimean interior
minister.
Extraordinary Rus foreign
ministry statement claims gunmen from Kiev tried to seize Crimea
interior ministry, there are victims. Suspicious.
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) March 1, 2014
Reuters are snapping statements from Kiev and Moscow.
UKRAINE’S DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS UKRAINIAN MILITARY ON HIGH ALERT IN CRIMEA REGION
UKRAINIAN DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS RUSSIA HAS RECENTLY BROUGHT 6,000 ADDITIONAL TROOPS INTO UKRAINE
RUSSIA “EXTREMELY CONCERNED” ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE’S CRIMEA - RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT
RUSSIA
SAYS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CRIMEA CONFIRM “DESIRE OF PROMINENT
POLITICAL CIRCLES IN KIEV” TO DESTABILISE SITUATION ON THE PENINUSLA
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