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Russia Demands Ukranian Military Surrender

posted by LaminatorX on Monday March 03 2014, @07:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-funny-to-say dept.

wantkitteh writes:

"The BBC is reporting that Russia has given Ukrainian military forces in Crimea a deadline of 3AM Tuesday morning to surrender or face assault. Moscow claims the position is to protect Russian civilians in Crimea following what it describes as the illegal coup in the past weeks. The Ukrainian Prime Minister has denounced Russia's actions as totally illegal and has called on it's allies to put pressure on Moscow. Russian military readiness in the area is very high with a blockade in place at Ukraine's naval headquarters and pre-positioned air and ground forces already in central locations around Crimea. Ukrainian forces are outnumbered and unprepared to face the threat. Demonstrations in the largely Russian-speaking area have supported Moscow's position while outside the area civilians are scared of what the future holds."

From the article:

Russia's military has given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until dawn on Tuesday 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 also threatened two warships, Ukrainian officials said. However, Interfax news agency later quoted a fleet spokesman who denied that any ultimatum had been issued. Moscow has said its troops are needed in Crimea to protect civilians. The Kremlin says people in Crimea have come under threat from "ultra-nationalists" since pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted last month. Russia is now said to be in de facto control of the Crimea region.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Angry Jesus on Monday March 03 2014, @07:49PM

    by Angry Jesus (182) on Monday March 03 2014, @07:49PM (#10186)

    My thought was that the outgoing Ukrainian President claimed it was an illegal coup to give Russia the excuse it needed

    In any successful revolt the loser always claims it was illegal.
    It's usually technically true too.

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  • (Score: 1) by wantkitteh on Monday March 03 2014, @07:58PM

    by wantkitteh (3362) on Monday March 03 2014, @07:58PM (#10194) Homepage Journal

    True, Putin probably put his plans in motion as soon as it looked like the Ukrainian president might get ousted. Such a statement is pretty obvious in hindsight and Ukraine was in no position to increase military readiness as a preemptive defensive measure in that event. Russia have always been pretty savvy when it comes to seeing things like this coming.

    • (Score: 2) by frojack on Monday March 03 2014, @09:53PM

      by frojack (1554) on Monday March 03 2014, @09:53PM (#10261) Journal

      Also pretty savvy about tamping it down until just AFTER the Olympics.

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