Putin's open assertion of the right to send troops to a country of 46 million people on the ramparts of central Europe creates the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cold War.
Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, leading a government that took power after Moscow's ally Viktor Yanukovich fled a week ago, said Russian military action "would be the beginning of war and the end of any relations between Ukraine and Russia".
Acting President Oleksander Turchinov ordered troops to be placed on high combat alert. Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya said he had met European and U.S. officials and sent a request to NATO to "examine all possibilities to protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine".
Putin's move was a direct rebuff to Western leaders who had repeatedly urged Russia not to intervene, including U.S. President Barack Obama, who just a day before had held a televised address to warn Moscow of "costs" if it acted.
Troops with no insignia on their uniforms but clearly Russian - some in vehicles with Russian number plates - have already seized Crimea, an isolated peninsula in the Black Sea where Moscow has a large military presence in the headquarters of its Black Sea Fleet. Kiev's new authorities have been powerless to stop them.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/01/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140301
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Ukraine Mobilizes Troops After Putin’s ‘Declaration Of War’ Leaves Obama Dazed And Confused
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The Ukraine is mobilizing for war this Sunday morning, after Putin declared he had the right to invade, creating the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the cold war.
President Barack Obama is a little dazed and confused. It took US President Barack Obama 90 minutes of intense dialogue with the Russian President Vladimir Putin to grasp that Putin is unshakably fixed on the course he has set for Ukraine and has no intention of withdrawing the Russian troops he has positioned in the Crimean peninsula.
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Other relevant opinions and news about the Ukraine Situation
Ken's Blog: The Globalist Agenda in Ukrainehttp://blog.redefininggod.com/2014/03/02/the-globalist-agenda-in-ukraine-color-revolution-begets-cash-crunch-begets-imf-control-and-russia-is-helping.aspx
Aaron Wilson: Earthquake Reported in Ukraine
http://alexjonescritic.blogspot.com/2014/03/breaking-earthquake-hits-crimea-41.html
Jim Sinclair: A Potential Black Swan Event
http://www.silverdoctors.com/jim-sinclair-on-a-potential-black-swan-event-developing/#more-39474
Joel Skousen Views On Ukraine
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=301055
X22 Report: Ukraine & Economic Collapse
http://youtu.be/PZi0o7O22Qc
Website Claims Russia & US Have ALREADY Engaged
http://beforeitsnews.com/military/2014/03/are-we-already-at-war-with-russia-website-claims-russia-us-have-already-engaged-2459144.html
Earthquake Strikes Crimea; Russian Troops Blame U.S. HAARP
http://turnerradionetwork.com/news/331-mjt