Thursday, February 27, 2014

Ukrainian crisis shifts to pro-Russian regions

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — The revolutionary upheaval in Ukraine’s faraway capital has awakened the separatist dreams of ethnic Russians living here on the Crimean Peninsula, where on Thursday pro-Russia gunmen who occupied the regional parliament building were met with an outpouring of support.

A group of men dressed in camouflage and armed with rocket-­propelled grenades entered the building early Thursday in the capital of Ukraine’s Crimea region, according to local reporters, then barricaded themselves inside and raised the Russian flag on the roof — a succinct answer to warnings from the United States and Europe that Ukraine remain united and Russia stand back.
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2 comments:

Ingemar said...

Something about this smells of Russian gov't plants or a false-flag operation.

Archimandrite Gregory said...

Or maybe they are not enamored with Western so called values and corruption.