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Ukraine’s Yanukovych Asked For Troops, Russia Tells UN

Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych asked Russia to send troops across the border to protect civilians, Moscow’s UN envoy has claimed.

Vitaly Churkin told a Security Council meeting Mr Yanukovych wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.

Thousands of Russian troops have been pouring into Ukraine’s Crimea region.

Russian forces have also been holding military exercises near Ukraine’s borders, but now Mr Putin has ordered them back to base, the Kremlin says.

Ukraine said Russia had set a deadline for its forces in Crimea to surrender by 03:00 GMT. So far there have been no reports of any incidents.

Russia has denied issuing any ultimatum.

The Kremlin has argued in favour of the intervention, which has sparked outrage and threats of economic sanctions from the US and EU.

Western ambassadors dismissed Russia’s arguments as groundless.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is on his way to Kiev to meet Ukraine’s new leaders and show support for the country’s sovereignty.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s UN envoy Yuriy Sergeyev says Russia has deployed about 16,000 troops to the peninsula.

Ukrainian defence sources accused Russia’s Black Sea Fleet chief Aleksander Vitko of threatening a full-scale assault if they did not surrender by dawn on Tuesday.

A Russian spokesman later denied that any ultimatum had been issued.

Ukrainian military personnel besieged in their bases waited nervously for the deadline to pass, many of them preparing for an attack by Russian troops and pro-Moscow militias.

However, a deputy commander at one of Ukraine’s units, named only as Major Lisovoy, told local ATR TV that there were no attempts to storm the base.

“We’re all in high spirits, ready to defend our base. There was no official ultimatum, it was done indirectly via mobile phones. I want peace and stability, and for Ukraine to be a united country.”

BBC

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7 Responses to Ukraine’s Yanukovych Asked For Troops, Russia Tells UN

  1. Kasama Swag Reply

    March 4, 2014 at 3:37 pm

    “US Secretary of State John Kerry is on his way to Kiev to meet Ukraine’s new leaders and show support for the country’s sovereignty” AND INTRODUCE HOMO/GAY.

  2. mulipa banda Reply

    March 4, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    America has really grown big headed, y are they conderming and trying to impose rule on them, George W Bush said he had the right to invade any country in tbe world, they now fighting an illegal war in Iraq, Libya, afganistan, only a few to mention, who is imposing sanctions on them. Really Americans are not good. They can send drowns to any place on earth, palastanians are dying, but no news from Americansan y? If russians do the same which they are doing, then its sanctions, please these Americans be good.

  3. mulipa banda Reply

    March 4, 2014 at 5:32 pm

    America has really grown big headed, y are they conderming and trying to impose rule on them, George W Bush said he had the right to invade any country in tbe world, they now fighting an illegal war in Iraq, Libya, afganistan, only a few to mention, who is imposing sanctions on them. Really Americans are not good. They can send drowns to any place on earth, palastanians are dying, but no news from Americansan y? If russians do the same which they are doing, then its sanctions, please these Americans be good. Promoting homo sexuals, really these people are sick in their minds, God forbid

  4. passenger 57 Reply

    March 5, 2014 at 11:41 am

    USSR lost the cold war when Putin was KGB chief. So he wants the cold war again. The problem is that he is surrounding himself with more enemies everyday. At the end he will be left alone without knowing it.

  5. The shocking conspiracy to assassinate Robert Mugabe Reply

    March 5, 2014 at 11:49 pm

  6. zed senator Reply

    March 6, 2014 at 9:10 am

    I think this is as a result of old long created enemity between russia and america.And we know that france and britain are americas biggest allies and russia has tha support of iran china ……….am sensing world war 3 here but this time around where is the mighty Germany?

  7. kenn Reply

    March 6, 2014 at 1:47 pm

    War is addictive.

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