Russian President Putin Asks Parliament To Use Military Force Against Ukraine

Putin Asks Parliament to Approve Military Action in Ukraine -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, March 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has requested approval from the country’s upper house of parliament to move armed forces into Ukraine, according to the Kremlin’s press service.

The move comes after reports of large Russian troop movements in the southern Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, and a week after the opposition swept to power in Kiev when President Viktor Yanukovych suddenly left the city.

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