Sunday, March 2, 2014

Crisis In Ukraine -- News Updates March 2, 2014



Pictured: Tense Stand-Off At Crimean Military Base As Hundreds Of Russian Gunmen Encircle Camp And Ukraine Calls Up All Its Military Reservists Ready For War -- Daily Mail

* Russian troops are massing close to the Ukrainian border
* Ukrainian acting prime minister says that the country is on brink of disaster
* Russian troops remove weapons from Ukrainian military installations
* 'Most serious crisis since end of Cold War' - Sir Malcolm Rifkind
* Britain has pulled out of G8 talks over Russia's military action
* U.S Secretary of State John Kerry threatens Russia with sanctions

As Ukraine and Russia inch towards all-out war, hundreds of unidentified gunmen were pictured surrounding a Ukrainian infantry base, with outnumbered troops on the inside guarding the entrance with a tank.

On Sunday morning Russian forces moved deeper into Crimea and amassed on the Ukrainian border, while Ukrainian leaders mobilised all its forces and placed them in a state of combat-readiness.

Ukraine called on Sunday for 'real steps' by world leaders for help. Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said 'we are on the brink of disaster' and the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin were said to amount to a declaration of war.

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Live Updates On the Crisis In Ukraine

Ukraine turmoil LIVE UPDATES -- RT
Ukraine army on alert after Russia approves troops: Live -- BBC
Crisis in Ukraine: Live -- Reuters
Crisis in Ukraine: Live Updates -- The Telegraph
Russia's invasion of Ukraine (live updates) -- Kyiv Post
Ukrainian and Russian troops in standoff at Crimean military base - live updates -- The Guardian
Ukraine Live Blog -- Al Jazeera

More News On The Crisis In Ukraine

Crises in Ukraine: Armed men surround military base in Crimea -- Christian Science Monitor
Russian Troops Encircle Ukrainian Base in Crimea -- Wall Street Journal
Hundreds of gunmen surround Ukraine military base -- AP
Ukraine will ask for help if Russia action expands: ambassador -- Reuters
Ukraine 'on the brink of disaster' -- Al Jazeera

Russian parliament approves troop deployment in Ukraine -- The Guardian
Will be a war crime to use force against Ukraine civilians, Russia warns self-proclaimed president -- RT
Thousands march in pro-invasion rally in Moscow -- AP
Russians Ambivalent As Putin Threatens Ukraine Invasion -- Radio Free Europe
In Moscow, Ukraine intervention has fans, critics -- USA Today
Sort out who’s boss in Kiev, Crimea takes care of itself – republic’s parliament speaker -- RT
Thousands rally against 'illegitimate govt', raise Russian flags in eastern Ukraine -- RT
At U.N., Russia Defends Ukraine Intervention -- Wall Street Journal
Russia Hosts Rallies in Support of Compatriots in Ukraine -- RIA Novosti

Ukraine crisis: 'World stands on brink of conflict,' warns Polish prime minister -- The Telegraph
UK and France pull out of G8 preparatory talks over Ukraine crisis -- The Guardian
Ukraine crisis: Britain pulls out of G8 preparatory talks -- BBC
Russia risks G8 seat, economic turmoil over Ukraine: US -- AFP
Russia G8 status at risk over 'incredible act of aggression' in Crimea, says Kerry -- The Guardian
Kerry Denounces Russian 'Act of Aggression', Warns of Trade Freeze -- NBC
Kerry threatens Russia with economic isolation over Ukrainian crisis -- ITAR Tass

Timeline: Ukraine's political crisis -- Al Jazeera
Ukraine crisis in maps -- BBC

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