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02-28-2014, 06:23 PM #1
Large numbers of Russian forces reported entering Crimea Ukraine
Large numbers of Russian forces reported entering Crimea
Published February 28, 2014 FoxNews.com
Feb. 28, 2014 - Ukraine's fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych speaks at a news conference in Rostov-on-Don, a city in southern Russia about 600 miles from Moscow. (AP)
Large numbers of Russian troops were reported landing at a military air base in Crimea Friday, prompting Ukraine to accuse Russia of a military invasion.
U.S. officials told Fox News they see “evidence of air and maritime movement into and out of Crimea by Russian forces” although the Pentagon declined to officially "characterize" the movement.
Agence France Press quoted a top Ukranian official as saying Russian aircraft carrying nearly 2,000 suspected troops have landed at a military air base near the regional capital of the restive Crimean peninsula.
"Thirteen Russian aircraft landed at the airport of Gvardeyskoye (near Simferopol) with 150 people in each one," Sergiy Kunitsyn, the Ukrainian president's special representative in Crimea, told the local ATR television channel, according to AFP. he accused Russia of an "armed invasion."
President Obama was scheduled to speak from the White House briefing room about the reports late Friday afternoon.
The new developments prompted Ukraine to accuse Russia of a "military invasion and occupation" -- a claim that brought an alarming new dimension to the crisis.
Earlier in the day, Russian armored vehicles rumbled across Crimea and reports surfaced of troops being deployed at airports and a coast guard base – signs of a more heavy-handed approach to the crisis from Moscow.
Ukraine's U.N. ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev told the U.N. Security Council that Russian military helicopters and transport planes are entering his country, that neither major airport in Ukraine is under national control and that the main airport was "captured by Russian armed forces."
He claimed 11 Russian military helicopters had been brought in along with M-24 military transport planes.
Armed gunmen took control of the two main airports in Crimea Friday. However, Russia has so far been silent on the claims of military involvement. No violence was reported at the civilian airport in Crimea's capital of Simferopol or at the military airport in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, also part of Crimea. At the Simferopol airport, a man claiming to speak for the camouflage-clad forces patrolling the airport described them as Crimean militiamen.
Meanwhile, ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych surfaced in Russia Friday, thundering defiantly against the “pro-fascist hooligans” who drove him from office.
Yanukovych warned of the dangers of “irresponsible Western policy” as he vowed to continue the fight for Ukraine’s future Friday at a press conference in Rostov-on-don, Russia—his first public appearance since last Saturday.
"I intend to keep fighting for the future of Ukraine against those who are using fear and terror to seize the country," he told reporters.
The fugitive leader said he was forced to leave Ukraine due to threats, Reuters reported. He blamed the country’s crisis on “irresponsible Western policy,” and said he trusted the "decency of Western mediators” when he signed a peace deal last week brokered by members of the European Union. But recent actions by the opposition run counter to the agreement, he said.
Yanukovych said he does not plan to ask Russia for military support in dealing with the crisis in Ukraine, where he said power was stolen by ``a bunch of radicals.”
"Fascist hooligans" have taken power in Ukraine, Yanukovych told reporters, according to the BBC.
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02-28-2014, 06:25 PM #2
President Obama to speak on the crisis in Ukraine from the White House briefing room at 4:45 p.m. Watch Live on Fox News and FoxNews.com.
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02-28-2014, 06:50 PM #3
- Enemy at the gates: Russia rolls in the tanks, armored personnel carriers
Washington Times - by Douglas Ernst - 4 hours ago
Russian armored personnel carriers are on their way to Crimea, and Ukrainian officials are calling it a "military invasion and occupation."
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- Enemy at the gates: Russia rolls in the tanks, armored personnel carriers
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02-28-2014, 08:39 PM #4
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Ukraine official: Russian troops have launched an 'armed invasion' of Crimea
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02-28-2014, 09:47 PM #5
Congressional leaders back Obama on Ukraine, warn Russia
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03-01-2014, 12:18 PM #8
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03-01-2014, 04:32 PM #9updated 3:01 PM EST, Sat March 1, 2014
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03-02-2014, 08:03 PM #10
BREAKING NEWS: Kerry to visit Kiev amid worsening Ukraine crisis
- Today at 2:05 PM
Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Kiev on Tuesday as a show of support for the new Ukrainian government amid the worsening crisis with Russia.
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