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To: jerod

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/01/crimea-crisis-deepens-as-russia-and-ukraine-ready-forces-live-updates

The U.N. Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on the crisis in Ukraine on Saturday after Russia announced plans to send armed forces into the autonomous Crimea region of the former Soviet republic.
A diplomat from Luxembourg, president of the 15-nation council this month, said the meeting would take place at 2:00 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) and was being convened at the request of Britain.

Reuters


64 posted on 03/01/2014 8:32:50 AM PST by maggief
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http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303801304579413032042408044?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303801304579413032042408044.html

Moscow Seals Off Ukrainian Bases in Crimea
Kiev Says Attack by Radicals and Russian Troops Repulsed at One Base; Tense Calm at Others

By ALAN CULLISON
March 1, 2014 11:16 a.m. ET
SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine—Ukraine military bases were quickly surrounded and sealed off by Russian forces in Crimea on Saturday, as the Kremlin made preparations for a larger-scale landing of troops on the peninsula.


66 posted on 03/01/2014 8:51:24 AM PST by maggief
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Russia has the veto so a resolution demanding Russian withdrawal won’t even be put up a for a vote.


68 posted on 03/01/2014 8:56:16 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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