Obama Pulls Out Of G8… Making Russia Pay Not So Simple … They’ve ‘Been Willing To Pay The Price’… Calls For U.S. Ambassador Recall… Russian Warships Spotted… ‘Could Turn Bloody, Very Quickly’… What Putin’s Really Up To… Ukraine Forces Ill Equipped To Respond
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Thousands rally against ‘illegitimate govt’, raise Russian flags in eastern Ukraine Thousands of pro-Russian demonstrators across eastern Ukraine and Crimea are protesting against the new government, with administration buildings being seized in several cities. Gunshots have been reported as anti- and pro-Maidan protesters clash.
Russia’s UN envoy: Radical forces destabilising Ukraine must be stopped The efforts of radical forces and the self-imposed government in Kiev to forcefully overthrow local authorities in the East are unacceptable and endanger the lives of Ukrainians and Russians, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin told the Security Council. 105
675,000 Ukrainians pour into Russia as ‘humanitarian crisis’ looms - An estimated 675,000 Ukrainians left for Russia in January and February, fearing the “revolutionary chaos” brewing in Ukraine, Russia’s Federal Border Guard Service said. Officials fear a growing humanitarian crisis. 32