Thursday, February 27, 2014

Ukraine’s Viktor Yanukovych remains defiant; tensions rise in Crimea


As tensions rose in Crimea with the takeover of government buildings Thursday by armed pro-Russian groups, news agencies reported from Moscow that ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has asked for and received a security guarantee from Russia.

The armed men seized the local parliament and the regional government headquarters early Thursday in Simferopol, the capital of Ukraine’s Crimea region, barricading themselves inside both buildings and raising Russian flags, according to Ukraine’s new interior minister.

4 comments:

  1. Poor Russian citizens trapped and persecuted in the Ukraine. Putin needs little more than that to give him the impetus to move.

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    1. :) He's still planning what the best chess moves might be, I imagine.

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    2. Yes. And Russians fancy themselves to be superior chess players.

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    3. Good point and they are quite good.

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