And Now Obama's Cold War Starts - Ukraine accuses Russia of 'armed invasion' after Crimea airports blockaded

Our place in the world under Obama has degraded to the point that Russia knows it can use it military power and influence as in 1955 in Hungary or 1968 in Czechoslovakia. It might be given the appellation: Obamawar. It whiffs of the Cold War. m/r 

Ukraine accuses Russia of 'armed invasion' after Crimea airports blockaded - Telegraph

by Agencies  2-28-14

Ukranian minister accuses Russia of an armed takeover of Crimea amid reports that airports have been seized

Ukraine accused Russia of staging an "armed invasion" of Crimea on Friday as the ex-Soviet state's ousted leader prepared to emerge defiant from five days of hiding after winning protection from Moscow.

Ukraine regains control of airports after 'armed invasion': live

Unidentified armed men were patrolling outside of Crimea's main airport early Friday while gunmen were also reported to have seized another airfield on the southwest of the peninsula where ethnic Russians are a majority and where pro-Moscow sentiment runs high.

Western governments have been watching with increasing worry as Kiev's new pro-EU rulers grapple with dual threats of economic collapse and cession from Russified southern and eastern regions of the divided nation, which had backed fugitive ex-president Viktor Yanukovych.

Russian President Vladimir Putin this week stoked concerns that Moscow might use its military might to sway the outcome of Ukraine's three-month standoff by ordering snap combat drills near its borderinvolving 150,000 troops and nearly 900 tanks. ...

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