Washington's Man Yatsenyuk Setting Ukraine Up For Ruin
Ukraine’s acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said Russian troops are “directly involved” in the growing conflict in the Crimea and called for support from the UN and other international organizations.
Turchynov pleaded his case today for political help from abroad as Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia following three months of bloody protests, claimed he remains the legitimate head of state and called for Russia not to intervene. While lawmakers in Kiev approved Turchynov’s call for a session by the United Nations Security Council, tensions were raised by reports of Russian movements in the Russian-dominated peninsula.
Parliament “demands that Russia halt all steps that show signs of forced claims on Ukraine’s territorial integrity,” Turchynov said. “All civil rights of Ukrainian citizens of Russian nationality are guaranteed by the Constitution.”
Ethnic strife stemming from a bloody uprising that ousted Kremlin-backed Yanukovych and Russian military maneuvers are rattling investors, while officials are struggling to verify the extent of any Russian action.
A government official said today that Ukraine controls the region’s airports after reports last night of armed masked troops occupying the main airport in Simferopol, the region’s capital. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said servicemen from the Russian Black Sea fleet, located in Sevastopol, blocked Belbek airport, while Zerkalo Nedeli weekly cited regional lawmaker Refat Chubarov as saying eight Russian helicopters landed on the peninsula.
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