This is according to Russian authorities, and encompasses refugee movement from Ukraine in January and February.
What's the financial situation like in Ukraine now? http://t.co/8fhUtqdpsR pic.twitter.com/IHb7dok1nw
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) February 26, 2014An east-west struggle over the fate of Ukraine would be a tragedy, and can be avoided: http://t.co/b6TJH8tZhS pic.twitter.com/lpgdemnUWM
— Financial Times (@FT) February 25, 2014No more Berkut: Ukraine interim govt disbands special security force http://t.co/4ekarukQDN pic.twitter.com/7mkp1ANQHh
— RT (@RT_com) February 26, 2014Russian authorities cited fears of lynchings and guerilla vigil ante movements. Russian leaning territories have requested Russian assistance in insuring peace and security. Violent riots in Ukraine, orchestrated largely by an opposition figure then behind bars, started when the country backed out of a trade deal with Europe, for more lucrative options in Russia.
#Ukraine PM warns country on the "brink of disaster" as gunmen surround military base http://t.co/RlKW8a67Xh #ht pic.twitter.com/JTisFwDQqZ
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) March 2, 2014Crisis pushes #Ukraine to financial brink - our 60-second video explains http://t.co/ajfROn0xnQ & pic.twitter.com/6GB6Pehb9f
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 27, 2014Over 20,000 taking part in rally in central Moscow in support of Russians living in #Ukraine http://t.co/urSnW60PHK pic.twitter.com/p86HwlvjUN
— RT (@RT_com) March 2, 2014Ukraine's 'Parliament', acting with power not yet given back to it by the president in exile, purported to remove the president from office, declared him a criminal, and has banned the use of minority languages.
Ukraine: the hunt for Yanukovych in his former fiefdom http://t.co/uxIgNy2WIp via @YahooNews pic.twitter.com/Hhyp48iaXi
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) February 25, 2014Demonstration in Riga against #Russia's agression in #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/JG1fgqUVQH
— Krišjānis Kariņš (@krisjaniskarins) March 2, 2014Unidentified men in military fatigues blocking a base of the Ukrainian frontier guard unit in Balaklava #Ukraine #AFP pic.twitter.com/GNlKHxFBvb
— AFP Photo Department (@AFPphoto) March 2, 2014Putin not yet decided on use of force in Ukraine: Kremlin http://t.co/EAemt9pZNM pic.twitter.com/hb7QJcFFDl
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) March 2, 2014Russian leaning Ukrainians have been vocal, supporting the nation of the grand bear:
#UKRAINE: Russian flags raised in the cities of Melitopol, Yevpatoria and Mariupol http://t.co/urSnW60PHK pic.twitter.com/rYYxBJyL4I
— RT (@RT_com) March 1, 2014PHOTO: Thousands gather on pro-Russian rally in #Donetsk, eastern #Ukraine http://t.co/urSnW60PHK via @novostidnua pic.twitter.com/LGVYF7KUKc
— RT (@RT_com) March 1, 2014Mobs still control the streets in much of Western leaning parts of Ukraine, which reportedly are also the poorer parts of the country. Even without an East-West confrontation, Ukraine is in dire straights.
Une Assemblée populaire sur la Place de l'Indépendance à #Kiev pic.twitter.com/GBAAj3JzUk
— RIA Novosti Français (@ria_novosti_fr) February 27, 2014People mourn victims of clashes in Kiev, capital of Ukraine pic.twitter.com/FSWRRdCy9z
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) February 28, 2014Pope Francis calls on all sides in Ukraine to overcome 'incomprehension', appeals for dialogue http://t.co/Mpe0pKcjkb pic.twitter.com/0hXrhP5Az9
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) March 2, 2014Nato boss says Russia threatens Europe's peace, security; urges it to stop threatening Ukraine http://t.co/zZ4XCQDqnm pic.twitter.com/fvDhn1sJ4R
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) March 2, 2014Live Chat NOW: What the future holds for Ukraine w/ @OrmistonOnline http://t.co/KQJt7uWSTq pic.twitter.com/gwZAnNfZjL
— CBC News (@CBCNews) February 25, 2014If the Russian move is genuine, they will follow their movements in Georgia, where troops were mobilised to stop ethnic cleansing of minorities by an EU allied government. Russia claims her troops are there merely to protect minorities. The many refugees fleeing the Ukrainian chaos, suggest that Russia has made her moves to prevent further catastrophe.If however, Russia were to enter territories not occupied by minorities, the R2P type of argument for intervening in the failed state of Ukraine, is less potent.
Hat Tip:
RT | '675,000 Ukrainians pour into Russia as ‘humanitarian crisis’ looms' at March 02, 2014 13:18
http://rt.com/news/ukrainians-leave-russia-border-452/
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