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."
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.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 03 2014, @08:33PM
The credo used to be "News for nerds and stuff that matters." I would argue that this stuff definitely matters. We're watching one of the major world powers provoke a war.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by allsorts46 on Monday March 03 2014, @08:40PM
Agreed. If tech-related news does not suffer as a result, what's wrong with additional stories on things that important? It's easy just to skip over them, if they're not of interest.
I thought the real point of moving here was to preserve the strong community that many feel is threatened by the changes going on over there. I for one would like to hear what people here have to say on a large variety of subjects, not only tech.